Analysis of blood chemistry and hearing levels in a sample of older persons

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 180-190

  Lee, Fu Shing ^a   Matthews, Lois J ^a   Mills, John H ^a   Dubno, Judy R ^a   Adkins, Warren Y ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORIDE; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; ELECTROLYTE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MAGNESIUM; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; THYROXINE; UREA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031830901     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003446-199806000-00002     Document Type: Article

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