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Occupational exposure to pesticides increases the risk of incident AD: the Cache County study.
Neurology - 11 May 2010
Hayden K M, Norton M C, Darcey D, Ostbye T, Zandi P P, Breitner J C S, Welsh-Bohmer K A
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BACKGROUND: Commonly used organophosphate and organochlorine pesticides inhibit acetylcholinesterase at synapses in the somatic, autonomic, and central nervous systems and may therefore have lasting effects on the nervous system. Few studies have examined the relationship of pesticide exposure an...
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