Experiencing Tinnitus: Which Factors Are Important for Perceived Severity of the Symptom?

International Tinnitus Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 130-133

  Unterrainer, Josef ^a,e   Greimel, Karoline V ^b   Leibetseder, Max ^c   Koller, Thomas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Department of Ophthalmology   (Austria)

^c Social Medical Office   (Austria)

^d Free Consulting   (Austria)

^e Inst fur Psychol and Neuropsychol   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Depression; Illness; Locus of control; Perception; Tinnitus sounds

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TINNITUS;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TINNITUS;

EID: 1642495795     PISSN: 09465448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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