Prevalence and etiology of hearing loss in rural Nicaraguan children

Laryngoscope

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 387-398

  Saunders, James E ^a   Vaz, Sharon ^b   Greinwald, John H ^c   Lai, James ^d   Morin, Leonor ^e   Mojica, Karen ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Lenin Foseca Hospital   (Nicaragua)

^f Monte España Hospital   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Genetics; Hearing loss; Nicaragua; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION BETA 2 PROTEIN; GENTAMICIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INFECTION; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN DISEASE; NICARAGUA; PARAMETRIC TEST; PEDIATRICS; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENTAMICINS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NICARAGUA; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 33947143135     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e31802e3726     Document Type: Article

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