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ARTICLE | August 11, 1978

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Title and subTitle BreakNo Increase Among US Construction Workers in Guam FREE

Jacob A. Brody, MD; Anne H. Edgar; Margerie M. Gillespie
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JAMA. 1978;240(6):551-552. doi:10.1001/jama.1978.03290060053013
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The rate of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) among stateside construction workers on Guam was similar to that of US resident white men. Of 12,601 men who worked on Guam for one year or more from 1945 to 1954, we were able to follow up 10,049 until 1970 through the Social Security Administration. Of these workers, 1,958 had died, and the cause of death was recorded for all but 335. There were three deaths from ALS. Residence on Guam as an adult did not predispose to a high rate of ALS.

(JAMA 240:551-552, 1978)

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Bobowick P, Brody J:  Epidemiology of motor-neuron diseases . N Engl J Med 288:1047-1055, 1973;.
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Edgar A, Brody J, Detels R:  Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis mortality among native-born and migrant residents of California and Washington . Neurology 23:48-51, 1973;.
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Brody J, Stanhope J, Kurland L:  Patterns of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and parkinsonism-dementia on Guam , in Hornabrook RW (ed): Topics on Tropical Neurology, Contemporary Neurology Series. Philadelphia , FA Davis, 1975;, pp 45-70.
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Reed DM, Brody JA:  Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and parkinsonism-dementia on Guam, 1945-1972 . Am J Epidemiol 101:287-301, 1975;.
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Kurland LT, Brody JA:  Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Guam type , in Vinken PJ, Bruyn GW, (eds): Handbook of Clinical Neurology . New York, Am Elsevier Pub Co Inc, 1975;, pp 339-347.
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Kurland LT, Kurtzke JF, Goldberg ID: Table A.5.3., in Epidemiology of Neurologic and Sense Organ Disorders . Cambridge, Mass, Harvard Univ Press, 1973;, p 352.
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Stanhope JM, Brody JA, Morris CE:  Epidemiologic features of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and parkinsonism-dementia in Guam , Mariana Islands. Int J Epidemiol 1:199-209, 1972;.
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Brody JA, Hirano A, Scott RM:  Recent neuropathologic observations in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and parkinsonism-dementia of Guam . Neurology 21:528-536, 1971;.
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Brody JA, Kurland LT:  Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and parkinsonism-dementia in Guam , in Spillane J (ed): Tropical Neurology. Fair Lawn , NJ, Oxford Univ Press, 1973;, pp 355-375.
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McComas AJ, Upton ARM, Sica REP:  Motoneurone disease and ageing . Lancet 2:1477-1480, 1973;.
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Felmus MT, Patten BM, Swanke L:  Antecedent events in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis . Neurology 26:167-172, 1976;.

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Bobowick P, Brody J:  Epidemiology of motor-neuron diseases . N Engl J Med 288:1047-1055, 1973;.
2 +
Edgar A, Brody J, Detels R:  Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis mortality among native-born and migrant residents of California and Washington . Neurology 23:48-51, 1973;.
3 +
Brody J, Stanhope J, Kurland L:  Patterns of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and parkinsonism-dementia on Guam , in Hornabrook RW (ed): Topics on Tropical Neurology, Contemporary Neurology Series. Philadelphia , FA Davis, 1975;, pp 45-70.
4 +
Reed DM, Brody JA:  Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and parkinsonism-dementia on Guam, 1945-1972 . Am J Epidemiol 101:287-301, 1975;.
5 +
Kurland LT, Brody JA:  Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Guam type , in Vinken PJ, Bruyn GW, (eds): Handbook of Clinical Neurology . New York, Am Elsevier Pub Co Inc, 1975;, pp 339-347.
6 +
Kurland LT, Kurtzke JF, Goldberg ID: Table A.5.3., in Epidemiology of Neurologic and Sense Organ Disorders . Cambridge, Mass, Harvard Univ Press, 1973;, p 352.
7 +
Stanhope JM, Brody JA, Morris CE:  Epidemiologic features of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and parkinsonism-dementia in Guam , Mariana Islands. Int J Epidemiol 1:199-209, 1972;.
8 +
Brody JA, Hirano A, Scott RM:  Recent neuropathologic observations in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and parkinsonism-dementia of Guam . Neurology 21:528-536, 1971;.
9 +
Brody JA, Kurland LT:  Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and parkinsonism-dementia in Guam , in Spillane J (ed): Tropical Neurology. Fair Lawn , NJ, Oxford Univ Press, 1973;, pp 355-375.
10 +
McComas AJ, Upton ARM, Sica REP:  Motoneurone disease and ageing . Lancet 2:1477-1480, 1973;.
11 +
Felmus MT, Patten BM, Swanke L:  Antecedent events in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis . Neurology 26:167-172, 1976;.

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