Semiquantitative study of current coffee, caffeine, and ethanol intake in essential tremor cases and controls

Movement Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 499-504

  Louis, Elan D ^a,b,d   Jurewicz, Eva C ^a   Applegate, LaKeisha ^a   Luchsinger, Jose A ^b   Factor Litvak, Pam ^c   Parides, Michael ^c  

^a Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^b Neurological Institute ^*  (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

^d NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Caffeine; Coffee; Epidemiology; Essential tremor

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COFFEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRINKING; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FRUIT JUICE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; NEUROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEA; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; BEVERAGE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIDEORECORDING;

AGED; BEVERAGES; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COFFEE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 4544296284     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20035     Document Type: Article

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