The Kløve-Matthews static steadiness test compared with the DPD TREMOR: Comparison of a fine motor control task with measures of tremor in smokers and manganese-exposed workers

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 331-342

  Bast Pettersen, Rita ^a   Ellingsen, Dag G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Hole tremormeter; Smoking and tremor; Tremor; Tremor frequency

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE; MANGANESE;

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DPD TREMOR TEST; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KLOVE MATTHEWS STATIC STEADINESS TEST; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREMOR;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MANGANESE POISONING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING; TREMOR;

EID: 20344365299     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2005.01.004     Document Type: Article

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