Blast injury of the ear: Clinical update from the global war on terror

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 726-730

  Cave, Kara M ^a   Cornish, Elizabeth M ^b   Chandler, David W ^c  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Virginia Office of the Surgeon General   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BLAST INJURY; DIZZINESS; EAR INJURY; EARDRUM PERFORATION; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; OTALGIA; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLDIER; TINNITUS; WAR;

EID: 34447502044     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.7.726     Document Type: Article

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