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Old 07-17-2013, 01:15 AM
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Does exposure to atmospheric metal pollution increase the chances of getting PD?

Palacios et al. [1] linked:
- Environmental Protection Agency Air Toxics data for "the following metals: arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead, manganese, mercury and nickel, as well as total metal exposure"
- health data from a prospective study of female nurses with 540 cases of PD.

They found:
"Adulthood ambient exposure to the metals examined in this study does not appear to influence risk of PD disease."

Reference

[1] "E-002: Exposure to Airborne Metals and risk of Parkinson Disease in a Prospective Study of US Women"
Palacios, Natalia; Roberts, Andrea; Weisskopf, Marc; Schwarzschild, Michael; Laden, Francine; Ascherio, Alberto
Epidemiology. 23(5S):, September 2012.
doi: 10.1097/01.ede.0000416602.63176.b5
http://journals.lww.com/epidem/Citat...risk_of.3.aspx

John
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