A prospective case-controlled study of 197 men, 50-60 years old, selected at random from a population at risk from hyperlipidaemia to examine the relationship between hyperlipidaemia and sensorineural hearing loss

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 449-456

  Jones, N S ^a   Davis, A ^b  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC INSTITUTE OF HEARING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hearing loss; Hypercholesterolaemia; Lipids; Sensorineural

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032881103     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.1999.00294.x     Document Type: Article

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