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New mental health epidemiology findings from Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry described

Published in Mental Health Business Week, July 14th, 2007

Researchers detail in "Prevalence of multiple sclerosis in 19 Texas counties, 1998-2000," new data in mental health. "The study reported here determined the prevalence of multiple sclerosis (MS) between January 1, 1998, and December 31, 2000, for a 19-county study area surrounding Lubbock, Texas. The primary data source for case ascertainment was medical records from the offices of neurologists practicing in the study area," scientists writing in the Journal of Environmental Health report.

"The study found that the overall prevalence for the 19-county study area was 42.8 per 100,000 population (95 percent CI=36.8-49.5). The prevalence estimate for females was...

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