Prevalence of Parkinson's disease in Europe: A collaborative study of population-based cohorts

Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 11 SUPPL. 5, 2000, Pages

  De Rijk, M C ^a   Launer, L J ^a,b   Berger, K ^f   Breteler, M M B ^a   Dartigues, J F ^c   Baldereschi, M ^d   Fratiglioni, L ^f   Lobo, A ^f   Martinez Lage, J ^f   Trenkwalder, C ^e   Hofman, A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Collaboration study; Elderly; Epidemiology; PD; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0034643838     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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