Neurological disorders in a rural Western Australian population

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 209-213

  Panegyres, P K ^a   Gray, V ^a   Barrett, L ^b   Perceval, S ^b  

^a Neurodegenerative Disorders Research   (Australia)

^b Neurological Nurse Specialists   (Australia)

Author keywords

Movement disorder; Neurological diseases; Neurology; Parkinson's disease; Pesticides; Rural

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PAIN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949627066     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2008.01845.x     Document Type: Article

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