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Household organophosphorus pesticide use and Parkinson's disease.
International journal of epidemiology - 1 Oct 2013
Narayan Shilpa, Liew Zeyan, Paul Kimberly, Lee Pei-Chen, Sinsheimer Janet S, Bronstein Jeff M, Ritz Beate
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BACKGROUND: Household pesticide use is widespread in the USA. Since the 1970s, organophosphorus chemicals (OPs) have been common active ingredients in these products. Parkinson's disease (PD) has been linked to pesticide exposures but little is known about the contributions of chronic exposures to household pesticides. Here we investigate whether long-term use of household pesticides, especially those containing...
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