Prevalence of Parkinson's disease in Sydney

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-11

  Chan, D K Y ^a   Cordato, D ^a   Karr, M ^a   Ong, B ^a   Lei, H ^a   Liu, J ^a   Hung, W T ^b  

^a BANKSTOWN LIDCOMBE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Parkinson's disease; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREVALENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 12744255451     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2004.00348.x     Document Type: Article

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