Prevalence of childhood hearing loss: The Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey II

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 442-449

  Lee, David J ^a,c   Gomez Marin, Orlando ^a   Lee, Heidi M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Dept of Epidemiol and Pub Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

bilateral; blacks; child; hearing loss; Hispanic Americans; whites

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0029845897     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008949     Document Type: Article

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