Is pesticide use related to Parkinson disease? Some clues to heterogeneity in study results

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 340-347

  van der Mark, Marianne ^a   Brouwer, Maartje ^a   Kromhout, Hans ^a   Nijssen, Peter ^b   Huss, Anke ^a   Vermeulen, Roel ^a,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; Fungicides; Herbicides; Insecticides; Meta analysis; Parkinson disease; Pesticides; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

FUNGICIDE; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE;

CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE, SECONDARY; PESTICIDES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84857772302     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1103881     Document Type: Review

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