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Cardiovascular disease and diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A population based study

Marianthi-Anna KioumourtzoglouDepartments of Environmental Health, Correspondence[email protected]
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Ryan M. SealsEpidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA,
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Ole GredalNational Rehabilitation Center for Neuromuscular Disorders, Copenhagen, and
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Murray A. MittlemanEpidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA,
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Johnni HansenDanish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Marc G. WeisskopfDepartments of Environmental Health, ;Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA,
Pages 548-554 | Received 08 Dec 2015, Accepted 31 May 2016, Published online: 20 Jul 2016

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