Open AccessMS risk in immigrants in the McDonald era
Author(s) -
Dalia Rotstein,
Ruth Ann Marrie,
Colleen J. Maxwell,
Sima Gandhi,
Susan Schultz,
Kinwah Fung,
Karen Tu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.91
H-Index - 364
eISSN - 1526-632X
pISSN - 0028-3878
DOI - 10.1212/wnl.0000000000008611
Subject(s) - immigration , medicine , hazard ratio , demography , incidence (geometry) , proportional hazards model , confidence interval , cohort , population , cohort study , residence , lower risk , relative risk , gerontology , environmental health , geography , physics , archaeology , sociology , optics
To determine risk factors for multiple sclerosis (MS) in immigrants and to compare MS risk in immigrants and long-term residents in Ontario, Canada.