Comorbidity between and risk factors for severe hearing and memory impairment in older Americans

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 416-421

  Li, Yanfeng ^a   Healy, Eric W ^a   Wanzer Drane, J ^a   Zhang, Jian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Hearing loss; Memory disorders; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LEISURE; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TRACE ELEMENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750468700     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.06.014     Document Type: Article

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