Epidemiology of Parkinson's disease - 21/01/16

Doi : 10.1016/j.neurol.2015.09.012

A. Elbaz ^a,^b,^c,^⁎ , L. Carcaillon ^d, S. Kab ^a,^b,^c, F. Moisan ^c
^a Inserm, centre for research in epidemiology and population health, U1018, epidemiology of ageing and age related diseases, 94807 Villejuif, France
^b University Paris-Sud, UMRS 1018, 94807 Villejuif, France
^c Département santé travail, institut de veille sanitaire (InVS), 94415 Saint-Maurice, France
^d Département des maladies chroniques et des traumatismes, institut de veille sanitaire (InVS), 94415 Saint-Maurice, France

^⁎Corresponding author. Hôpital Paul-Brousse, bâtiment 15/16, 16, avenue Paul-Vaillant-Couturier, 94807 Villejuif cedex, France.

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Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's. PD is considered a multifactorial disorder that results, in most cases, from the combined effects of multiple risk and protective factors, including genetic and environmental ones. This review discusses some of the methodological challenges involved in assessing the descriptive, prognostic and etiological epidemiological studies of PD, and summarizes their main findings.

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Keywords : Parkinson's disease, Epidemiology