Occupational Exposure to Whole-Body Vibration and Parkinson's Disease: Results from a Population-based Case-Control Study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 299-307

  Harris, M Anne ^a   Marion, Stephen A ^b   Spinelli, John J ^b   Tsui, Joseph K C ^b   Teschke, Kay ^b  

^a CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

case control studies; occupational exposure; parkinson disease; vibration

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VIBRATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARKINSON DISEASE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

ADULT; AGED; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PARKINSON DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; VIBRATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 84864775610     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws017     Document Type: Article

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