Hearing health of New South Wales prison inmates

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 537-541

  Murray, Narelle ^a   LePage, Eric ^a   Butler, Tony ^b  

^a NATIONAL ACOUSTIC LABORATORIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; LYSERGIDE; METHADONE; MORPHINE; TRANQUILIZER;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ABUSE; EAR INJURY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING TEST; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOISE INJURY; OTITIS MEDIA; PRISONER; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 14544308014     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2004.tb00043.x     Document Type: Article

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