Open AccessAssociation of Cumulative Lead Exposure with Parkinson’s Disease
Author(s) -
Marc G. Weisskopf,
Jennifer Weuve,
Huiling Nie,
Marie SaintHilaire,
Lewis Sudarsky,
David K. Simon,
Bonnie Hersh,
Joel Schwartz,
Robert O. Wright,
Howard Hu
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1002339
Subject(s) - lead exposure , environmental health , disease , medicine , pathology , cats
Research using reconstructed exposure histories has suggested an association between heavy metal exposures, including lead, and Parkinson's disease (PD), but the only study that used bone lead, a biomarker of cumulative lead exposure, found a nonsignificant increase in risk of PD with increasing bone lead.
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