Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 41-46 , January 2009

Smoking and tea consumption delay onset of Parkinson's disease

  • Boris Kandinov

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • ,
  • Nir Giladi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Department of Neurology, Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • ,
  • Amos D. Korczyn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Department of Neurology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Department of Neurology, Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sieratzki Chair of Neurology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel. Tel.: +972 3 6974229; fax: +972 3 6409113.

Received 19 July 2007 ,Revised 5 January 2008 ,Accepted 18 February 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2008.02.011

Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 41-46 , January 2009