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Survival analysis of geospatial factors in the Irish ALS cohort

James RooneyAcademic Unit of Neurology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Correspondence[email protected]
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Mark HeverinAcademic Unit of Neurology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin,
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Alice VajdaAcademic Unit of Neurology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin,
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Tom BurkeAcademic Unit of Neurology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, ;Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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Miriam GalvinAcademic Unit of Neurology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, ;School of Nursing And Human Sciences, Dublin City University, Dublin, and
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Katy TobinAcademic Unit of Neurology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin,
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Marwa ElaminAcademic Unit of Neurology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin,
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Anthony StainesSchool of Nursing And Human Sciences, Dublin City University, Dublin, and
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Orla HardimanAcademic Unit of Neurology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, ;Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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Pages 555-560 | Received 20 Oct 2015, Accepted 15 Mar 2016, Published online: 04 May 2016

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