Epidemiological Studies of Specified Rare and Intractable Disease

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Washio, Masakazu (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Kobashi, Gen (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Current Topics in Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine,
• Subjects: Public health.; Epidemiology.; Public Health.

This book presents research findings from epidemiological studies investigating chronic and intractable diseases with unidentifiable causes from a clinical perspective. Each chapter provides the latest findings on specific diseases, including procedures for their study, insights into their causes, r...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Risk factors for Ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament in Japan
• 3 Descriptive and analytic epidemiology of idiopathic osteonecrosis of the femoral head in Japan
• 4 Risk factors for Amyotrophic Lateral Screlosis
• 5 Risk and preventive factors for Parkinson's disease in Japan
• 6 Descriptive and analytic epidemiology of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) in Japan
• 7 Risk and preventive factors for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in Japan
• 8 Epidemiology of ulcerative colitis in Japan
• 9 Epidemiology of Crohn's disease in Japan
• 10 The role of gene environment interaction in the aetiology of SLE
• 11 TNF receptor‐associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS).