Occupational pesticide exposure and screening tests for neurodegenerative disease among an elderly population in Costa Rica

Environmental Research

Volumn 120, Issue , 2013, Pages 96-101

  Steenland, K ^a   Wesseling, C ^b   Roman N ^c   Quiros I ^c   Juncos, J L ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^c Social Security of Costa Rica ^*  (Costa Rica)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Mild cognitive impairment; Occupation; Parkinson's disease; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

COGNITION; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL HEALTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREMOR; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COSTA RICA; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PESTICIDES;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 84871702009     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2012.08.014     Document Type: Article

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