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

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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

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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

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Keywords: article; Australia; case control study; clinical study; confounding variable; environmental exposure; epidemiological data; geographic distribution; human; incidence; latitude; methodology; multiple sclerosis; observational study; population research; pre Bias; Case-control; Confounding; Epidemiologic research design; Multicentre; Multiple sclerosis

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/17152

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ANU Research Publications

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Multiple Sclerosis

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Journal article

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10.1177/1352458507077174

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2037-12-31

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