Hearing loss in Union Army Veterans from 1862 to 1920

Laryngoscope

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2147-2153

  Sewell, Ryan K ^b,c   Song, Chen ^d   Bauman, Nancy M ^a   Smith, Richard J H ^a   Blanck, Peter ^c  

^a Dept Otolaryngol/Hd Neck Surg ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF LAW   (United States)

^d Resolution Economics LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil War; Disability; History of hearing loss; Public policy

Indexed keywords

AUDIOMETRY; DISABILITY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NOISE INJURY; PENSION; POLICY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOLDIER; WAR; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; AMERICAN CIVIL WAR; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VETERANS DISABILITY CLAIMS;

EID: 10044252338     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000149448.60511.22     Document Type: Review

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