Cigarette smoking and hearing loss: Lessons from the young adult periodic examinations in Israel (YAPEIS) database

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1118-1120

  Sharabi, Yehonatan ^a   Reshef Haran, Idit ^b   Burstein, Moshe ^b   Eldad, Arieh ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cigarette smoking; Hearing loss; Periodic examination; Population study; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; AUDITION; CIGARETTE FILTERS; HEALTH RISKS; NEUROLOGY;

AUDIOLOGISTS;

HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDIOLOGY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NOISE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING HABIT;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEARING DISORDERS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING;

EID: 0036919845     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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