Moderate alcohol consumption and hearing loss: A protective effect

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1273-1278

  Popelka, Michael M ^a   Cruickshanks, Karen J ^a   Wiley, Terry L ^b   Tweed, Theodore S ^a,b   Klein, Barbara E K ^a   Klein, Ronald ^a   Nondahl, David M ^a  

^a Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Alcohol; Epidemiology; Hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BONE CONDUCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; BONE CONDUCTION; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0033774074     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb02601.x     Document Type: Article

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