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Mayo Clinic
Occupation and education may hold clues to the risk of developing Parkinson disease
December 17th, 2005
Mayo Clinic researchers have found that an individual's educational and career paths impact Parkinson disease risk later in life, according to a report that appeared in a recent issue of the journal Neurology. The investigators, led by Walter Rocca, MD, a Mayo Clinic epidemiologist, discovered the highest increase in Parkinson risk in people with 9 or more years of education. They also found that risk level rises as years of schooling increase. Occupationally, physicians had the greatest increased risk for Parkinson disease compared to the general population, while those employed as construction and extractive workers (e.g., miners, well drillers), production...
Source: Mental Health Law Weekly (2005-12-17)
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