Prevalence survey of movement disorders, epilepsy, hypertension and smoking habit in Vejer de la Frontera, Southern Spain - I. Methodology

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 195-203

  Acosta Varo, Jesús ^a   De Pedro Cuesta, Jesús ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Etiology; Methods; Movement disorders; Prevalence; Smoking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000903437     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-8020(96)00021-1     Document Type: Article

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