Anxiety affecting parkinsonian outcome and motor efficiency in adults of an Ohio community with environmental airborne manganese exposure

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 215, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 393-405

  Bowler, Rosemarie M ^a   Harris, Matthew ^b   Gocheva, Vihra ^a   Wilson, Katherine ^b   Kim, Yangho ^c   Davis, Stephanie I ^d   Bollweg, George ^e   Lobdell, Danelle T ^f   Ngo, Long ^g   Roels, Harry A ^h  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY   (United States)

^e US EPA Region 5 Air and Radiation Division   (United States)

^f U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Environmental air Epidemiology; Generalized anxiety; Manganese; UPDRS Motor Bradykinesia ADL

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MANGANESE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARKINSONISM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ANXIETY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOKINESIA; MALE; MANGANESE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OHIO; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS;

MARIETTA; PARKINSONIA;

EID: 84859218828     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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