Prevalence of Parkinson's disease in Hokkaido, the Northernmost Island of Japan

Internal Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 276-279

  Moriwaka, Fumio ^a   Tashiro, Kunio ^a   Itoh, Kazunori ^b   Honma, Sanae ^a   Okumura, Hitoshi ^a   Kikuchi, Seiji ^a   Hamada, Takeshi ^c   Kaneko, Sadao ^d   Kurokawa, Yasuo ^d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Bibai Rosai Hospital

^c Hokuyukai Neurology Hospital   (Japan)

^d Iwamizawa Municipal General Hospital

Author keywords

Age adjusted prevalence; Crude prevalence rate; Environment; Longevity; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0030122131     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.35.276     Document Type: Article

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