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Medscape: More Evidence Links Smoking to Increased ALS Risk

  • Eilis O'Reilly
  • Hao Wang
  • Marc G. Weisskopf
  • Giancarlo Logroscino
  • Marjorie L. McCullough
  • Michael Thun
  • Arthur Schatzkin
  • Laurence N. Kolonel
  • Alberto Ascherio

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MedScape write-up of research in 1million people: 

O'Reilly ÉJ*, Wang H*, Weisskopf MG, Logroscino G, McCullough ML, Thun MJ, Schatzkin A, Kolonel LN, Ascherio A. Smoking and risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a pooled analysis of 5 prospective cohorts. Arch Neurol. 2011 Feb;68(2):207-13. doi: 10.1001/archneurol.2010.367. PMID: 21320987; PMCID: PMC3319086.

*joint first authors

 
Period24 Feb 2011

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  • TitleMore Evidence Links Smoking to Increased ALS Risk
    Degree of recognitionNational
    Media name/outletMedscape
    Media typeOther
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    Date24/02/11
    Producer/AuthorMegan Brooks
    URLhttps://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/737934?form=fpf
    PersonsEilis O'Reilly, Hao Wang, Marc G. Weisskopf, Giancarlo Logroscino, Marjorie L. McCullough, Michael Thun, Arthur Schatzkin, Laurence N. Kolonel, Alberto Ascherio
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Keywords

  • ALS
  • MND
  • Smoking