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Nadir E. Bharucha, MD; Eddie P. Bharucha, MD; Adil E. Bharucha, MBBS; Anasuya V. Bhise, MSc; Bruce S. Schoenberg, MD, DrPH

Arch Neurol. 1988;45(12):1321-1323.

Abstract
• A door-to-door survey was carried out to screen a community of 14010 people (Parsis living in colonies in Bombay, India) for possible neurologic diseases. High school graduates, social workers, and medical students administered a screening questionnaire that had been shown in a pilot survey to have a sensitivity of 100% for identifying those with Parkinson's disease. Neurologists used defined diagnostic criteria to evaluate individuals positive on the screening survey. There were 46 people (25 men, 21 women) who suffered from Parkinson's disease (328.3 cases per 1000 population). The age-specific prevalence ratios increased consistently with age. Ageadjusted prevalence ratios were slightly higher for men.

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Neuroepidemiology, Bombay Hospital, Medical Research Center (Drs N. E. Bharucha, E. P. Bharucha, and A. E. Bharucha and Ms Bhise), and the Department of Neurology, K. E. M. Hospital and Seth G. S. Medical College (Drs N. E. Bharucha and E. P. Bharucha), Bombay, India, and the Neuroepidemiology Branch, National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md (Dr Schoenberg).

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Nov 17, 1987.

Deceased.

Reprint requests to the Chief, Neuroepidemiology Branch, CNP, DIR, National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Federal Bldg, Room 804, 7550 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, MD 20892 (Dr Ellenberg).

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