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Epidemiology

Occupational lead exposure and survival with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Te-Wei Wang1 Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USAView further author information
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Joanne Wuu2 Department of Neurology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USAView further author information
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Anne Cooley2 Department of Neurology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USAView further author information
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Tian-Shin Yeh3 Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA, and;4 Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USAView further author information
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Michael Benatar2 Department of Neurology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Marc Weisskopf1 Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA;3 Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA, andCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 100-107 | Received 31 Aug 2021, Accepted 21 Mar 2022, Published online: 09 Apr 2022

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