The prevalence of Parkinson's disease in an area of North Tyneside in the North-East of England

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 156-161

  Porter, Bob ^a,d   Macfarlane, Rob ^b   Unwin, Nigel ^c   Walker, Richard ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d 5 The Mews ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case finding methodology; Parkinson's disease; Prevalence study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CASE FINDING; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREVALENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33645677966     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091657     Document Type: Article

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