Cumulative Lifelong Alcohol Consumption Alters Auditory Brainstem Potentials

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 508-515

  Smith, Elisabeth Stephanie ^a   Riechelmann, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Auditory Brainstem; Evoked Potentials; Neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; NICOTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BRAIN STEM; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 1642362391     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000117870.11317.92     Document Type: Article

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