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Articles tagged "Environmental toxins"

  • 2022 International Congress

    A Potential Cluster Near Site of Dry Cleaning Contamination

    M. Pawlik, S. Lettenberger, M. Zafar, M. Coffey, A. Sarkar, P. Auinger, C. Tanner, S. Goldman, B. de Miranda, K. Kieburtz, R. Barbano, M. Braun, H. Schwarz, D. Kinel, R. Dorsey (Rochester, USA)

    Objective: To characterize specific health outcomes of people with potential exposure to chemicals used in dry cleaning. Background: Trichloroethylene (TCE) is a chlorinated solvent used…
  • 2022 International Congress

    Clinical, environmental, and Technology-based gait measures in PD patients from a rural area in southwestern Colombia: a case-control pilot study

    B. Muñoz-Ospina, H. Clavijo-Moran, D. álvarez-García, A. Navarro Cadavid, I. F Mata, J. Orozco Velez (Cali, Colombia)

    Objective: Describe the clinical characteristics, environmental exposures, and technology-based gait assessment of a sample of Parkinson’s disease patients in a rural area in southwestern of…
  • 2022 International Congress

    Environmental exposures and clinical phenotype in a sample of patients with Parkinson’s disease in the southwestern Colombian region: preliminary results

    J. Orozco Velez, H. Clavijo-Moran, D. álvarez-García, I. F Mata, B. Muñoz-Ospina (Cali, Colombia)

    Objective: Describe the clinical phenotype and environmental agents of patients from the Colombian southwestern region with familiar and sporadic Parkinson’s disease in a sample Background:…
  • MDS Virtual Congress 2020

    Pesticide Exposure in PD with and without Genetic Risk Variants

    E. Brown, C. Meng, S. Goldman, C. Tanner (San Francisco, CA, USA)

    Objective: To evaluate the association between pesticide exposure and development of Parkinson’s disease (PD) in idiopathic and genetic PD, and to determine whether clinical features…
  • MDS Virtual Congress 2020

    An Apparent Cluster of Parkinson’s Disease (PD) in a Golf Community

    J. Nutt, A. Zajack, J. Sandsness, V. Palmer, C. Meng, C. Tanner, P. Spencer (Portland, OR, USA)

    Objective: Objective: To describe an apparent cluster of PD in a golf community Background: Golf courses may use more pesticides/acre than are employed in agriculture. Certain…
  • MDS Virtual Congress 2020

    Association of environmental exposure to herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides used in agriculture with incidence of Parkinson’s disease in the French general population

    L. Perrin, J. Spinosi, L. Chaperon, D. Jezewski-Serra, M. El Yamani, F. Moisan, A. Elbaz (Villejuif, France)

    Objective: To examine the association of exposure to categories of pesticides (H-I-F) with PD incidence in the French general population. Background: Environmental exposure to pesticides…
  • MDS Virtual Congress 2020

    Parkinson’s Disease and the Law: Motor and Non-Motor Determinants in Medical Courts Cases

    P. Amami, D. Ziemele, A. Albanese (Rozzano, Italy)

    Objective: We reviewed the legal issues involving PD patients in Italy and United Kingdom and correlated these findings with the clinical condition of the involved…
  • MDS Virtual Congress 2020

    Are New York City rail tracks harbingers for Parkinson’s disease?

    R.T Tan Morales, J. Ma, M. Salgado (Brooklyn, NY, USA)

    Objective: To describe the clinical features of 7 New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority (NYC MTA) rail-track workers with Parkinson’s disease (PD) presenting to a…
  • MDS Virtual Congress 2020

    Rotenone exposure is associated with mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) damage in humans

    S. Goldman, C. Tanner, C. Gonzalez-Hunt, C. Meng, K. Comyns, M. Korell, L. Sanders (San Francisco, CA, USA)

    Objective: To determine if mtDNA damage can serve as a biomarker of prior pesticide exposure. Background: Mitochondrial dysfunction is a hallmark of PD, and exposure…
  • MDS Virtual Congress 2020

    Long-term effects of air pollution on the risk of Parkinson’s disease

    Y.S Hwang, S.Y Jo, Y.J Kim, K.W Park, S.H Lee, S.J Chung (Seoul, Republic of Korea)

    Objective: We aimed to investigate the association between air pollution, including fine particulate matter (particles 2.5 mm in diameter, or PM2.5), and the risk of…
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