Incidence of Parkinson disease in Wakayama, Japan

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 403-407

  Morioka, Seiji ^a,b   Sakata, Kiyomi ^a   Yoshida, Sohei ^a   Nakai, Ekini ^a   Shiba, Mitsuru ^a   Yoshimura, Noriko ^a   Hashimoto, Tsutomu ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Koza Public Health Centre   (Japan)

Author keywords

Incidence; Mail survey; Parkinson disease; Wakayama

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0036831196     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.12.403     Document Type: Review

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