Genetic and environmental risk factors for Parkinson's disease in a Chinese population

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 781-784

  Chan, D K Y ^a,g   Woo, J ^b   Ho, S C ^b   Pang, C P ^c   Law, L K ^c   Ng, P W ^d   Hung, W T ^e   Kwok, T ^b   Hui, E ^f   Orr, K ^f   Leung, M F ^d   Kay, R ^b  

^a PRINCE HENRY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Department of Medicine ^*

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f SHATIN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^g PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chinese; Environmental factors; Epidemiology; Genetic factors; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TEA; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

EID: 18844469020     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.65.5.781     Document Type: Article

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