Past exposure to sun, skin phenotype, and risk of multiple sclerosis: case-control study

van der Mei, Ingrid; Ponsonby, A-L; Dwyer, Terence; Blizzard, Leigh; D. Simmons, Rex; Taylor, Bruce; Butzkueven, Helmut; J. Kilpatrick, Trevor

doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7410.316

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Past exposure to sun, skin phenotype, and risk of multiple sclerosis: case-control study

Published in BMJ • Aug 7, 2003

Authors:

Ingrid van der Mei

A-L Ponsonby

Terence Dwyer

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To examine whether past high sun exposure is associated with a reduced risk of multiple sclerosis. DESIGN: Population based case-control study. SETTING: Tasmania, latitudes 41-3 degrees S. PARTICIPANTS: 136 cases with multiple sclerosis and 272 controls randomly drawn from the community a...

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Multiple sclerosis

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