Incidence and prevalence of Parkinson's disease among Navajo people living in the Navajo nation

Movement Disorders

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 714-720

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

^a Northern Navajo Medical Center   (United States)

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

^c Office of Public Health and Science   (United States)

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

Author keywords

American Indian; Epidemiology; Incidence; Navajo; Neurodegeneration; Parkinson's disease; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; ONSET AGE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927060405     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.26147     Document Type: Article

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