The prevalence of hearing impairment and reported hearing disability among adults in Great Britain

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 911-917

  Davis, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEARING LOSS; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HEARING TESTS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TINNITUS;

EID: 0024828067     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/18.4.911     Document Type: Article

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