Metal emissions and urban incident parkinson disease: A community health study of medicare beneficiaries by using geographic information systems

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 172, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1357-1363

  Willis, Allison W ^a   Evanoff, Bradley A ^a   Lian, Min ^a   Galarza, Aiden ^a   Wegrzyn, Andrew ^a   Schootman, Mario ^a   Racette, Brad A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper; Heavy metal poisoning; Incidence; Lead; Manganese; Nervous system; Parkinson disease; Risk; Urban population

Indexed keywords

COPPER; LEAD; MANGANESE; HEAVY METAL;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGROCHEMICAL; COPPER; DISEASE INCIDENCE; GIS; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LEAD; MANGANESE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POISONING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PARKINSON DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICARE; METALS, HEAVY; PARKINSON DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 79952117485     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq303     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Kamel F, Tanner C, Umbach D, et al. Pesticide exposure and self-reported Parkinson's disease in the Agricultural Health Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2007;165(4):364-374
2. Willis AW, Evanoff BA, Lian M, et al. Geographic and ethnic variation in Parkinson disease: a population-based study of US Medicare beneficiaries. Neuroepidemiology. 2010;34(3): 143-151
3. Wirdefeldt K, Gatz M, Schalling M, et al. No evidence for heritability of Parkinson disease in Swedish twins. Neurology. 2004;63(2):305-311
4. Tórsdóttir G, Kristinsson J, Sveinbjörnsdó ttir S, et al. Copper, ceruloplasmin, superoxide dismutase and iron parameters in Parkinson's disease. Pharmacol Toxicol. 1999;85(5): 239-243
5. Bowler RM, Koller W, Schulz PE. Parkinsonism due to manganism in a welder: neurological and neuropsychological sequelae. Neurotoxicology. 2006;27(3):327-332
6. Racette BA, McGee-Minnich L, Moerlein SM, et al. Weldingrelated parkinsonism: clinical features, treatment, and pathophysiology. Neurology. 2001;56(1):8-13
7. Rodier J. Manganese poisoning in Moroccan miners. Br J Ind Med. 1955;12(1):21-35
8. Sadak AH, Schulz PE. Welding-related parkinsonism: clinical features, treatment, and pathophysiology. Neurology. 2001; 57(9):1738-1739
9. Burkhard PR, Delavelle J, Du Pasquier R, et al. Chronic parkinsonism associated with cirrhosis: a distinct subset of acquired hepatocerebral degeneration. Arch Neurol. 2003;60(4):521-528
10. Powers KM, Smith-Weller T, Franklin GM, et al. Parkinson's disease risks associated with dietary iron, manganese, and other nutrient intakes. Neurology. 2003;60(11):1761-1766
11. Olanow CW. Manganese-induced parkinsonism and Parkinson's disease. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2004;1012:209-223
12. Kuhn W, Winkel R, Woitalla D, et al. High prevalence of parkinsonism after occupational exposure to lead-sulfate batteries. Neurology. 1998;50(6):1885-1886
13. Winkel R, Kuhn W, Przuntek H. Chronic intoxication with lead and sulfur compounds may produce Parkinson's disease. J Neural Transm Suppl. 1995;46:183-187
14. André C, Truong TT, Robert JF, et al. Effect of metals on herbicides-alpha-synuclein association: a possible factor in neurodegenerative disease studied by capillary electrophoresis. Electrophoresis. 2005;26(17):3256-3264
15. Rybicki BA, Johnson CC, Uman J, et al. Parkinson's disease mortality and the industrial use of heavy metals in Michigan. Mov Disord. 1993;8(1):87-92
16. Gorell JM, Johnson CC, Rybicki BA, et al. Occupational exposure to manganese, copper, lead, iron, mercury and zinc and the risk of Parkinson's disease. Neurotoxicology. 1999;20(2-3): 239-247
17. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Baltimore, MD: US Department of Health and Human Services; 2006. (http:// www.cms.hhs.gov). (Accessed August 7, 2006)
18. Economic Research Service. Data sets: rural/urban continuum codes. Washington, DC: US Department of Agriculture; 2007. (http://www.ers.usda.gov/ Data/)
19. Shinotoh H, Vingerhoets FJ, Schulzer M, et al. The presymptomatic period in a patient with idiopathic parkinsonism. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 1996;2(3):127-130
20. Rybicki BA, Johnson CC, Gorell JM. Demographic differences in referral rates to neurologists of patients with suspected Parkinson's disease: implications for case-control study design. Neuroepidemiology. 1995;14(2):72-81
21. Van Den Eeden SK, Tanner CM, Bernstein AL, et al. Incidence of Parkinson's disease: variation by age, gender, and race/ ethnicity. Am J Epidemiol. 2003;157(11):1015-1022
22. Bureau of the Census. Census 2000. Washington, DC: US Department of Commerce; 2008. (http://www.census.gov). (Accessed September 2008)
23. Sadek AH, Rauch R, Schulz PE. Parkinsonism due to manganism in a welder. Int J Toxicol. 2003;22(5):393-401
24. Uversky VN, Li J, Fink AL. Metal-triggered structural transformations, aggregation, and fibrillation of human alpha-synuclein. A possible molecular NK between Parkinson's disease and heavy metal exposure. J Biol Chem. 2001;276(47):44284-44296
25. Jellinger KA. Neuropathological spectrum of synucleinopathies. Mov Disord. 2003;18(SUPPL. 6):S2-S12
26. Uversky VN, Li J, Bower K, et al. Synergistic effects of pesticides and metals on the fibrillation of alpha-synuclein: implications for Parkinson's disease. Neurotoxicology. 2002; 23(4-5):527-536
27. Shimoji M, Pagan F, Healton EB, et al. CXCR4 and CXCL12 expression is increased in the nigro-striatal system of Parkinson's disease. Neurotox Res. 2009;16(3):318-328
28. Kienzl E, Puchinger L, Jellinger K, et al. The role of transition metals in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease. J Neurol Sci. 1995;134(suppl):S69- S78
29. Montgomery EB Jr. Heavy metals and the etiology of Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders. Toxicology. 1995;97(1-3):3-9
30. Goldman SM, Tanner CM, Olanow CW, et al. Occupation and parkinsonism in three movement disorders clinics. Neurology. 2005;65(9):1430-1435
31. Bower JH, Maraganore DM, McDonnell SK, et al. Incidence of progressive supranuclear palsy and multiple system atrophy in Olmsted County, Minnesota, 1976 to 1990. Neurology. 1997;49(5):1284-1288