Birthweight and the risk of childhood sensorineural hearing loss

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 495-500

  Engdahl, Bo ^a   Eskild, Anne ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Hearing impairment

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; REGISTER; RISK;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NORWAY;

EID: 35348990797     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2007.00844.x     Document Type: Article

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