Environmental risk factors for Parkinson's disease in an urban multiethnic community

Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 279-281

  Marder, K ^a   Logroscino, G ^b   Alfaro, B ^c   Mejia, H ^c   Halim, A ^d   Louis, E ^e   Cote, L ^f   Mayeux, R ^f  

^a and Epidemiology   (United States)

^b Departments of Neurology Medicine   (United States)

^c The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^d Center for Alzheimer's Disease Research

^e Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^f MIULLI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WELL WATER;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031883433     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.50.1.279     Document Type: Article

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