Relationships between quantitative measures and neurologist's clinical rating of tremor and standing steadiness in two epidemiological studies

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 753-760

  Gerr, F ^a   Letz, R ^a   Green, R C ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurological examination; Standing stability; Tremor; Validation study

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; MERCURY;

ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERCURIALISM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; TREMOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARSENIC; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY POISONING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERCEPTION; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION; REFLEX; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREMOR; VIBRATION;

EID: 0033653749     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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