Reliability of some tremor measurement outcome variables in field testing situations

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 737-742

  Letz, R ^a   Gerr, F ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental disease; Epidemiological study; Neurotoxicity; Occupational disease; Reliability; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; MERCURY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERCURIALISM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TREMOR;

AGED; ARSENIC; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREMOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033646660     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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