Distortion product oto-acoustic emissions in Andean children and adults with chronic lead intoxication

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 652-658

  Buchanan, Leo H ^a,f   Counter, S Allen ^b,c   Ortega, Fernando ^d   Laurell, Göran ^c,e  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlea; Neurotoxicity; Ototoxicity; Sensory neural hearing loss

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; ECUADOR; HAIR CELL; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; LEARNING DISORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECUADOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM, ADULT; LEAD POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM, CHILDHOOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0032695864     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016489950180586     Document Type: Article

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