Environmental risk factors for essential tremor

European Neurology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 106-113

  Jiménez Jiménez, Félix Javier ^a,c   De Toledo Heras, María ^a   Alonso Navarro, Hortensia ^a   Ayuso Peralta, Lucía ^a   Arévalo Serrano, Juan ^a   Ballesteros Barranco, Angel ^b   Puertas, Inmaculada ^a   Jabbour Wadih, Theresse ^a   Barcenilla, Beatriz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b Centro Salud Mental   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Essential tremor, environmental factors; Essential tremor, risk factors

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALLOY; BETA CARBOLINE; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; PESTICIDE; SOLVENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BARLEY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WHEAT;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34547807782     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000103646     Document Type: Article

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