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Environmental risk factors in multiple sclerosis

Pages 421-440 | Published online: 09 Jan 2014

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Alaina N Elliott-Wherry, Jennifer E Lee, Amy M Pearlman & Terry L Wahls. (2022) The Wahls Behavior Change Model for Complex Chronic Diseases: A Clinician’s Guide. Degenerative Neurological and Neuromuscular Disease 12, pages 111-125.
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Leonardo Lucas da Silva-Rêgo, Leonardo Augusto de Almeida & Juciano Gasparotto. (2022) Toxicological effects of mining hazard elements. Energy Geoscience 3:3, pages 255-262.
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Adriana Mannino, Fiona E Lithander, Eleanor Dunlop, Samuel Hoare, Nitin Shivappa, Alison Daly, Michael Phillips, Gavin Pereira, Jill Sherriff, Robyn M Lucas, Anne-Louise Ponsonby, James R Hébert, Ingrid van der Mei & Lucinda J Black. (2022) A proinflammatory diet is associated with an increased likelihood of first clinical diagnosis of central nervous system demyelination in women. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders 57, pages 103428.
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Chao Tang, Qing-Ru Li, Yan-Mei Mao, Yuan-Rui Xia, Heng-Sheng Guo, Jun-Ping Wang, Zong-Wen Shuai & Dong-Qing Ye. (2021) Association between ambient air pollution and multiple sclerosis: a systemic review and meta-analysis. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 28:41, pages 58142-58153.
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Rasha M. Fahmi, Bothina M. Ramadan, Hanan Salah, Ahmed F. Elsaid & Nahed Shehta. (2021) Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio as a marker for disability and activity in multiple sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders 51, pages 102921.
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