Occupational exposures and movement abnormalities among Japanese-American men: The Honolulu-Asia Aging Study

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 130-139

  Charles, Luenda E ^a   Burchfiel, Cecil M ^a   Fekedulegn, Desta ^a   Kashon, Michael L ^a   Ross, G Webster ^c,d,e   Petrovitch, Helen ^c,d,e   Sanderson, Wayne T ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e KUAKINI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Movement abnormalities; Neurological signs; Normal aging; Occupational toxin exposures

Indexed keywords

MANGANESE; MERCURY; METAL; PESTICIDE; SOLVENT;

AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASIA; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY MASS; COGNITION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; COHORT STUDIES; HAWAII; HUMANS; MALE; METALS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; PREVALENCE; SOLVENTS;

EID: 33645669175     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091178     Document Type: Article

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