Multiplicative effect of smoking and age on hearing impairment

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 240-243

  Noorhassim, Ismail ^a   Rampal, Krishna Gopal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SMOKING HABIT; VIBRATION;

EID: 0031844931     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0709(98)90125-9     Document Type: Article

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