A Case-Referent Study of Extrapyramidal Signs (Preparkinsonism) in Rural Communities of Israel

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 127-133

  Herishanu, Yuval O ^a,b   Kordysh, E ^a   Goldsmith, J R ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGE; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARKINSONISM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGROCHEMICALS; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; CARBAMATES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; GOSSYPIUM; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 0031807799     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100033734     Document Type: Article

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