Cigarette smoking and the incidence of Parkinson's disease in two prospective studies
✍ Scribed by Miguel A. Hernán; Shumin M. Zhang; Ana M. Rueda-DeCastro; Graham A. Colditz; Frank E. Speizer; Alberto Ascherio
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 161 KB
- Volume
- 50
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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