Regional variation in multiple sclerosis prevalence in Australia and its association with ambient ultraviolet radiation.

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Published in Neuroepidemiology on August 01, 2001

Authors

I A van der Mei1, A L Ponsonby, L Blizzard, T Dwyer

Author Affiliations

1: Cooperative Research Centre for Discovery of Genes for Common Human Diseases at the Menzies Centre for Population Health Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia. Ingrid.vanderMei@utas.edu.au

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