Prevalence of essential tremor in the city of Kolkata, India: A house-to-house survey

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 801-807

  Das, S K ^a   Banerjee, T K ^b   Roy, T ^a   Raut, D K ^c   Chaudhuri, A ^d   Hazra, A ^e  

^a BANGUR INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY   (India)

^b National Neurosciences Centre   (India)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (India)

^d INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^e INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Essential tremor; Prevalence; Socio economic factors; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INDIA; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66749083790     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2009.02589.x     Document Type: Article

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