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Document ID (ISN)47119
CIS number 86-1963
ISSN - Serial title 0140-6736 - Lancet
Year 1986
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Bocchetta A., Corsini G.U.
Title Parkinson's disease and pesticides
Bibliographic information 15 Nov. 1986, Vol.2, No.8516, p.1163. 9 ref.
Abstract Case report on 2 men who developed Parkinson's disease. One is a farmer with extensive exposure to insecticides (including chlorinated cyclodienes and carbofuran). The second is someone who worked for several years in a chemical plant making petroleum derivatives and pesticides (mostly morpholine compounds).
Descriptors (primary) Parkinson's disease; chemical hazards; insecticides
Descriptors (secondary) herbicides; chemical industry; case study; agriculture; carbofuran; fungicides; morpholine
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Occupational pathology
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Diseases of the nervous system
Agricultural chemicals