Epidemiologic characteristics of definite Ménière's disease in Japan: A long-term survey of Toyama and Niigata prefectures

ORL

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 305-309

  Shojaku, Hideo ^a   Watanabe, Yukio ^a   Fujisaka, Michiro ^a   Tsubota, Masahito ^a   Kobayashi, Kenji ^a   Yasumura, Satsuki ^a   Mizukoshi, Kanemasa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

M ni re's disease, epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MENIERE'S DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 29344451678     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089413     Document Type: Article

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