Hearing impairment among young Chinese in a rural area

Public Health

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 293-297

  Morioka, I ^a   Luo, W Z ^a   Miyashita, K ^a   Takeda, S ^a   Wang, Y X ^b   Li, S C ^b  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Aminoglycoside; China People's Republic; Hearing impairment; Noise; Young people

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0029790907     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3506(96)80092-8     Document Type: Article

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