Exposure to pesticides and risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a population-based case-control study

• Glavni autori: Francesca Bonvicini (Autor), Norina Marcello (Autor), Jessica Mandrioli (Autor), Vladimiro Pietrini (Autor), Marco Vinceti (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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A few epidemiologic studies have suggested an association of agricultural work and pesticides exposure with a severe degenerative disease of the motor neurons, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), though conflicting results have also been provided. We investigated through a populationbased case-cont...