Parkinson's disease among american indians and alaska natives: A nationwide prevalence study

Movement Disorders

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1456-1459

  Gordon, Paul H ^a   Mehal, Jason M ^b   Holman, Robert C ^b   Rowland, Andrew S ^c   Cheek, James E ^d  

^a Northern Navajo Medical Center   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d Division of Epidemiology and Disease Prevention   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska Native; American Indian; Epidemiology; Neurodegeneration; Parkinson's disease; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALASKA NATIVE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIVE SPECIES; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALASKA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INUITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866599978     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.25153     Document Type: Article

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