title: Environmental risk factors for Parkinson's disease in an urban multiethnic community.
abstract: Environmental risk factors were examined using univariate and multivariate unconditional logistic regression models in 89 nondemented patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and 188 control subjects in a multiethnic urban community. Rural living, area farming, and drinking well water were associated with PD only in African-Americans. In Hispanics, area farming was protective, whereas drinking unfiltered water was a risk factor for PD. Consideration of ethnic and cultural origin may add to the epidemiologic study of PD.
authors.affiliation: Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Marder
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Logroscino
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Alfaro
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mejia
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Halim
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Louis
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cote
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mayeux
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D044383:Black People; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D015331:Cohort Studies; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006540:Herbicides; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009519:New York City; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010575:Pesticides; D012307:Risk Factors; D014505:Urban Population; D014881:Water Supply; D044465:White People; D001741:Black or African American
chemical_list: D006540:Herbicides; D010575:Pesticides