Even low alcohol concentrations affect obstacle avoidance reactions in healthy senior individuals

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Hegeman, Judith ^a,b   Weerdesteyn, Vivian ^a,c   Van Den Bemt, Bart J F ^a   Nienhuis, Bart ^a   Van Limbeek, Jacques ^a   Duysens, Jacques ^a,d  

^a Sint Maartenskliniek ^*  (Netherlands)

^b Instituut voor Fundamentele en Klinische Bewegingswetenschappen Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences   (Belgium)

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EID: 77957898852     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-3-243     Document Type: Article

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