Elevated serum pesticide levels and risk for Alzheimer disease

JAMA Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 284-290

  Richardson, Jason R ^a,b   Roy, Ananya ^b   Shalat, Stuart L ^a,b   Von Stein, Richard T ^b   Hossain, Muhammad M ^a,b   Buckley, Brian ^b   Gearing, Marla ^c   Levey, Allan I ^c   German, Dwight C ^d  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; CHLORPHENOTANE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOE EPSILON 3 GENE; APOE EPSILON 4 GENE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN LEVEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; APOLIPOPROTEIN E3; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 84896692696     PISSN: 21686149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2013.6030     Document Type: Article

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