Functional status and hearing impairments in women at midlife

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2000, Pages

  Pope, Sandra K ^a   Sowers, MaryFran ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034026022     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/55.3.S190     Document Type: Article

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