Descriptive epidemiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Japan, 1995-2001.

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Published in J Epidemiol on January 01, 2005

Authors

Kazushi Okamoto1, Gen Kobashi, Masakazu Washio, Satoshi Sasaki, Tetsuji Yokoyama, Yoshihiro Miyake, Naomasa Sakamoto, Heizo Tanaka, Yutaka Inaba

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health, Aichi Prefectural College of Nursing and Health, Nagoya, Japan. okamoto@aichi-nurs.ac.jp

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