Kinetic tremor: Differences between smokers and non-smokers
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Kinetic tremor: differences between smokers and non-smokers.
Tremor is among the acute effects of nicotine exposure. Published studies have focused on smoking-related postural (static) hand tremor rather than kinetic tremor (tremor during hand use), and gender differences in smoking-related tremor have not been examined. In a group of adults who were sampled from a population (mean+/-S.D.=65.7+/-11.5 years, range=18-92 years), the investigator assessed w...
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عنوان ژورنال: NeuroToxicology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0161-813X
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2006.12.006