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Smoking and Parkinson’s disease in twins

26 Feb 2002

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OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that cigarette smoking protects against the development of PD. BACKGROUND: Smoking has been inversely associated with PD in many studies, but whether this reflects a biologic effect on the underlying disease process or merely confounding or selection bias remains uncertain. METHODS: The authors compared smoking histories in male twin pairs identified from the National Academy of...

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PMID: 11865136
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.58.4.581

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