The ''protective'' influence of cigarette smoking on Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases - Quagmire or opportunity for neuroepidemiology?

被引：31

作者：

Riggs, JE

机构：

[1] W VIRGINIA UNIV, SCH MED, DEPT NEUROL, MORGANTOWN, WV 26506 USA

[2] W VIRGINIA UNIV, SCH MED, DEPT MED, MORGANTOWN, WV 26506 USA

[3] W VIRGINIA UNIV, SCH MED, DEPT COMMUNITY MED, MORGANTOWN, WV 26506 USA

来源：

NEUROLOGIC CLINICS | 1996年 / 14卷 / 02期

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D O I：

10.1016/S0733-8619(05)70261-9

中图分类号：

R74 [神经病学与精神病学];

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摘要：

The negative association between smoking and both Alzheimer's (AD) and Parkinson's (PD) diseases is a consistent epidemiologic finding. This observation has prompted many investigators to conclude that cigarette smoking must be ''biologically protective'' against AD and PD. Rather than suggesting some as-yet-undefined pathogenetic clue, however, this negative association more likely is indicative of the under-appreciated influence of differential survival in epidemiologic studies.

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