Occupational titles as risk factors for Parkinson's disease

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-56

  Dick, Smita ^a   Semple, Sean ^a   Dick, Finlay ^a   Seaton, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Job coding; Occupational titles; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AGE; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENDER; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS COMMUNICATION; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; PARKINSON DISEASE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33846053966     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kql109     Document Type: Article

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