Exploring the relationship between caffeine intake and essential tremor

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 251, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 98-101

  Prakash, K M ^a,b   Fook Choong, S ^a   Yuen, Y ^a   Tan, E K ^a,b,c  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b National Neuroscience Institute   (Singapore)

^c Singapore Health Services   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Environmental factors; Essential tremor

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COFFEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE DURATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POTASSIUM INTAKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COFFEE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEA;

EID: 33751239082     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2006.09.007     Document Type: Article

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