Premium
Epidemiological investigations into multiple sclerosis in Southern Hesse
Author(s) -
Lauer K.,
Firnhaber W.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1985.tb00890.x
Subject(s) - epidemiology , multiple sclerosis , etiology , german , population , disease , pediatrics , medicine , demography , psychiatry , geography , environmental health , sociology , archaeology
– In order to discover possible exogenous risk factors in the etiology of multiple sclerosis, the pattern of the patients’ occupation during adolescence and at disease onset was analysed in an epidemiological group of MS patients in Southern Hesse (West Germany) and compared with that of the German population in the corresponding years. During adolescence, male patients were more frequently occupied in metal processing and electrical trades and female patients more commonly in commerce and administration than expected. At onset, some more female patients than expected were working in commerce and administration whereas male patients did not deviate from the pattern in the general population.