The preceding chapter presented the principles of field epidemiology as they apply to
interactions of nutrition and infection. The present one shows how these principles were put …

MS and Trauma Page 2 epidemiologic methods (eg, prospective cohort and retrospective
case-control designs) that are more scientifically rigorous than many of the designs used …

The frequency of multiple sclerosis has been found to increase with increasing latitude. This
peculiar geographical distribution has given rise to various hypotheses implicating an …

As defined in the first part of these papers, the distribution of MS does not really correlate
well with broad geoclimatic factors. Specifically there is little evidence for a direct correlation …

THE FREQUENCY of multiple sclerosis increases with latitude both in the northern 1-15 and
southern hemisphere. 16, 17 Ethnic differences apparently do not account for this peculiar …

It is widely believed that multiple sclerosis is common in temperate areas and less common
in subtropical and tropical regions. The evidence for this belief, however, is incomplete …

The results of the analysis of data for selected neurologic diseases from surveys and from
several sources of mortality data were reviewed. The results of a survey in the population of …

THE RELATIVE roles of genetic and environmental influences in the etiology of multiple
sclerosis have not yet been assessed with certainty. The well established familial tendency …

Auszug In Deutschland sichert der Staat durch gesetzlich verankerte Versicherungen seine
Bürger gegen existentielle Risiken. Dazu gehören die Krankheit (Krankenversicherung), der …

Our observations of the clinical and pathologic characteristics of the neurologic disorder we
observed in the Mariana Islands lead us to agree with Arnold and associates' and with …