Ahakoa he rangahau i runga i te hitori o te hōia me te ALS auautanga he ōrite, i reira he taunakitanga ngoikore mo te hononga pai. ngā take e tūtohutia ana ngā ngā tūtohu ki toxins taiao (whakaputa i ngā rangahau whakatinanatanga matawhenua), me te waipiro me te whakamahi hikareti i roto i te mahi hōia. He 2016 arotake o 16 meta-tātari whakatau i reira i te taunakitanga fakatau mō te hononga ki te tūtohu mahi roa ki te mata; taunakitanga tohu mō te ahuwhenua, te tūtohu ki konganuku taimaha atu i te mata, beta-carotene intake, me te mate mahunga; me te ngoikore, me te taunakitanga mo te omega-three waikawa ngako, ki te auautanga iti rawa electromagnetic, pesticides, me te waikawa uric. I roto i te rangahau 2017 e te United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, i reira tonu te kore he hononga ki te tūtohu ā-tinana, tae atu ki ngā momo o te mate, tae atu ki te mate, pēnei
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