Exposure to Pesticides Predicts Prodromal Feature of Parkinson's Disease: Public Health Implications

Sirwan K L Darweesh, Roel Vermeulen, Bastiaan R Bloem, Susan Peters

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)883-885
Number of pages3
JournalMovement Disorders
Volume37
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2022

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Dr. Sirwan K.L. Darweesh was supported in part by a Parkinson's Foundation–Postdoctoral Fellowship (PF‐FBS‐2026) and a ZonMW Veni Award (09150162010183). Prof. Bloem serves as the co‐Editor in Chief for the Journal of Parkinson's disease, serves on the editorial board of Practical Neurology and Digital Biomarkers, has received fees from serving on the scientific advisory board for UCB, Kyowa Kirin, Zambon and the Critical Path Institute (paid to the Institute), has received fees for speaking at conferences from AbbVie, Biogen, UCB, Zambon, Roche, GE Healthcare, Oruen and Bial (paid to the Institute), and has received research support from the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development, the Michael J Fox Foundation, UCB, the Stichting Parkinson Fonds, Hersenstichting Nederland, de Stichting Woelse Waard, Stichting Alkemade‐Keuls, de Maag Lever Darm Stichting, Parkinson NL, Davis Phinney Foundation, the Parkinson's Foundation, Verily Life Sciences, Horizon 2020, the Topsector Life Sciences and Health, Nothing Impossible and the Parkinson Vereniging, outside the submitted work. Prof. Bloem does not hold any stocks or stock options with any companies that are connected to Parkinson's disease or to any of the topics in this paper.

Keywords

  • Parkinson's disease
  • REM sleep behavior disorder
  • pesticides
  • prodromal features
  • public health

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