Major life events and risk of Parkinson's disease

Movement Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1639-1645

  Rod, Naja Hulvej ^a   Hansen, Johnni ^b   Schernhammer, Eva ^c   Ritz, Beate ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Life change events; Parkinson's disease; Psychological stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77955785577     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22850     Document Type: Article

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