Observational analytic studies in multiple sclerosis: controlling bias through study design and conduct. The Australian Multicentre Study of Environment and Immune Function

Ponsonby, Anne-Louise; McMichael, Anthony; Van Der Mei, Ingrid; Chapman, Caron; Coulthard, Alan; Dear, Keith; Dwyer, Terry; Kilpatrick, Trevor; Pender, Michael; Taylor, Bruce V; Valery, Patricia C; Williams, David; Lucas, Robyn

Observational analytic studies in multiple sclerosis: controlling bias through study design and conduct. The Australian Multicentre Study of Environment and Immune Function

Date

2007

Authors

Ponsonby, Anne-Louise

McMichael, Anthony

Van Der Mei, Ingrid

Chapman, Caron

Coulthard, Alan

Dear, Keith

Dwyer, Terry

Kilpatrick, Trevor

Pender, Michael

Taylor, Bruce V

Publisher

Sage Publications Inc

Abstract

Rising multiple sclerosis incidence over the last 50 years and geographic patterns of occurrence suggest an environmental role in the causation of this multifactorial disease. Design options for epidemiological studies of environmental causes of multiple