Incidence of Parkinson's disease: Variation by age, gender, and race/ethnicity

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 157, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1015-1022

  Van Den Eeden, Stephen K ^a   Tanner, Caroline M ^b   Bernstein, Allan L ^c   Fross, Robin D ^d   Leimpeter, Amethyst ^a   Bloch, Daniel A ^e   Nelson, Lorene M ^e  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b PARKINSON S INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Kaiser Santa Rosa Medical Center   (United States)

^d Hayward Medical Center   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age factors; Ethnic groups; Incidence; Parkinson disease; Racial stocks; Sex

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; GENDER DISPARITY; RACIAL DISPARITY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PARKINSON DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037675042     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwg068     Document Type: Article

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