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Affiliates
Stephen A. Goutman [1], Jonathan Boss [2], Christopher Godwin [3], Bhramar Mukherjee [2], Eva L. Feldman [1], Stuart A. Batterman [3]
- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Summary
This paper describes the effort by the University of Michigan to find associations between occupational settings and exposures with ALS survival. Patients were seen at the University of Michigan Pranger ALS Clinic and invited to fill out exposure assessments investigating past occupations and exposures. The team found that ALS survival was lower and ALS onset was associated with certain standard occupational classifications (SOC) codes, such as “Production Occupation”. The study team recommends further studies to explore occupational settings and ALS
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