Outdoor work and risk for Parkinson's disease: A population-based case - Control study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 273-278

  Kenborg, Line ^a   Lassen, Christina F ^a   Ritz, Beate ^b   Schernhammer, Eva S ^c,d   Hansen, Johnni ^a   Gatto, Nicole M ^b   Olsen, Jørgen H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK REDUCTION; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENMARK; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; LIP NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; PARKINSON DISEASE; SOCIAL CLASS; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 79952576025     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2010.057448     Document Type: Article

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