Evidence against the operation of selective mortality in explaining the association between cigarette smoking and reduced occurrence of idiopathic Parkinson disease

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 400-404

  Morens, David M ^a,b   Grandinetti, Andrew ^a,c   Davis, James W ^a,d   Ross, G Webster ^e,f   White, Lon R ^e   Reed, Dwayne ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c EAST WEST CENTER   (United States)

^d Hawai'i Osteoporosis Center   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^f DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^g BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Parkinson disease; smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 0029780990     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008941     Document Type: Article

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