Environmental health in otorhinolaryngology;Umweltmedizin in der HNO-heilkunde

Laryngo- Rhino- Otologie

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 100-127

  Riechelmann, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environment; Head and neck tumors; Hearing loss; Laryngitis; Otitis media; Sinusitis; Vertigo

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LARYNX DISORDER; MIDDLE EAR DISEASE; NOSE IRRITATION; ODOR; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; REVIEW; SINUSITIS; TRAFFIC NOISE; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC DISEASES; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034008047     PISSN: 09358943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-8793     Document Type: Review

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