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Elevated serum pesticide levels and risk for Alzheimer disease.
JAMA neurology - 1 Mar 2014
Richardson Jason R, Roy Ananya, Shalat Stuart L, von Stein Richard T, Hossain Muhammad M, Buckley Brian, Gearing Marla, Levey Allan I, German Dwight C
Abstract excerpt
IMPORTANCE: The causes of late-onset Alzheimer disease (AD) are not yet understood but likely include a combination of genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors. Limited epidemiological studies suggest that occupational pesticide exposures are associated with AD. Previously, we reported that serum levels of dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE), the metabolite of the pesticide dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane...
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