Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders among welders: A Danish cohort study

Movement Disorders

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1283-1289

  Kenborg, Line ^a   Funch Lassen, Christina ^a   Hansen, Johnni ^a   Olsen, Jørgen H ^a  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Epidemiology; Occupation; Parkinson's disease; Welding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SURVIVAL; WELDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866294618     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.25125     Document Type: Article

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