No definitive evidence for a role for the environment in the etiology of Parkinson's disease [3]

Movement Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1790-1791

  Hardy, John ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; PRION PROTEIN;

CIGARETTE SMOKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENE LOCUS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MOLECULAR CLONING; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TWIN CONCORDANCE;

ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; PARKINSON DISEASE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33750978980     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21067     Document Type: Letter

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