Geographic variation of MS incidence in two prospective studies of US women.

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Published in Neurology on November 10, 1999

Authors

M A Hernán1, M J Olek, A Ascherio

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

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