Environmental risk factors for Parkinson's disease in an urban multiethnic community.
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.
Marder
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Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA.
Logroscino
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Alfaro
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Mejia
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Halim
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Louis
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Cote
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Mayeux
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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
D006540:Herbicides; D010575:Pesticides