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Developmental pesticide exposures and the Parkinson's disease phenotype†

  1. Deborah A. Cory-Slechta1,*,
  2. Mona Thiruchelvam1,
  3. Eric K. Richfield2,
  4. Brian K. Barlow2,
  5. Andrew I. Brooks3

Article first published online: 4 MAR 2005

DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20118

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Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volume 73, Issue 3, pages 136–139, March 2005

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Cory-Slechta, D. A., Thiruchelvam, M., Richfield, E. K., Barlow, B. K. and Brooks, A. I. (2005), Developmental pesticide exposures and the Parkinson's disease phenotype. Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology, 73: 136–139. doi: 10.1002/bdra.20118

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  1. 1

    Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute and Department of Environmental and Community Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey

  2. 2

    Department of Pathology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey

  3. 3

    Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester Medical School, Rochester, New York

*Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, 170 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854

  1. †

    Presented at The Fetal Basis of Adult Disease: Role of Environmental Exposures, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 11 MAR 2005
  2. Article first published online: 4 MAR 2005
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 13 DEC 2004
  4. Manuscript Received: 16 NOV 2004

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  • National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). Grant Numbers: ESS01247, ES05017

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