Hypoacusis among the polar eskimos of northwest greenland

Scandinavian Audiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 149-160

  Allen Counter, S ^a   Klareskov, B o ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Qaanaaq Clinic ^*  (Greenland)

Author keywords

acoustic trauma; Eskimo; hearing loss; impulse noise

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SCREENING; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NOISE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; ESKIMOS; FEMALE; FIREARMS; GREENLAND; HEARING LOSS, HIGH-FREQUENCY; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE;

EID: 0025023943     PISSN: 01050397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01050399009070766     Document Type: Article

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