Hearing loss associated with ear infections in Nord-Trøndelag, Norway

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 388-396

  Tambs, Kristian ^a   Hoffman, Howard J ^b   Engdahl, Bo ^a   Borchgrevink, Hans M ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c Norges forskningsrad   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EAR INFECTION; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; ONSET AGE; OTITIS MEDIA; PREVALENCE; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT INFECTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OTITIS MEDIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE;

EID: 3543064728     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AUD.0000134554.71093.5E     Document Type: Article

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