Description and primary results from an audiometric study of male twins

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 114-120

  Karlsson, K K ^a   Harris, J R ^b,c   Svartengren, M ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEARING; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SWEDEN; TWINS;

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0030964943     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003446-199704000-00003     Document Type: Article

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