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

BMJ (Clinical research ed.) - 9 Aug 2003

van der Mei I A F, Ponsonby A-L, Dwyer T, Blizzard L, Simmons R, Taylor B V, Butzkueven H, Kilpatrick T

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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 communit...

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PMID: 12907484
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.316
PMCID: PMC169645

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