Pooled Analysis of Tobacco Use and Risk of Parkinson Disease

2007360 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Beate Ritz · UCLA Health

Alberto Ascherio · Harvard University Press

Harvey Checkoway · University of Washington

Karen Marder · Columbia University

Lorene M. Nelson · Stanford University

Walter A. Rocca

G. Webster Ross · Pacific Health Research and Education Institute

Abstract

Our data support a dose-dependent reduction of PD risk associated with cigarette smoking and potentially with other types of tobacco use. Importantly, effects seemed not to be influenced by sex or education. Differences observed by race and age at diagnosis warrant further study.

Topics & Keywords

Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Archives of Neurology

Volume 64, Issue 7, pp. 990-990

DOI: 10.1001/archneur.64.7.990

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