Parkinson's disease mortality and pesticide exposure in California 1984-1994

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 323-329

  Ritz, Beate ^a   Yu, Fei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California agriculture; Neurotoxicity; Parkinson's disease; Pesticide use; Proportionate odds mortality study

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDE; PESTICIDE;

HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; PESTICIDE;

AGE; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034088395     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/29.2.323     Document Type: Article

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