Prevalence of Voice Disorders in Teachers and the General Population

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 281-293

  Roy, Nelson ^a   Merrill, Ray M ^b   Thibeault, Susan ^a   Parsa, Rahul A ^c   Gray, Steven D ^a   Smith, Elaine M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DRAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Occupation; Prevalence; Teachers; Voice disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LARYNX DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; TEACHER; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; IOWA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UTAH; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 2142819960     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2004/023)     Document Type: Article

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