Mean and median hearing thresholds among children 6 to 19 years of age: The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988 to 1994, United States

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 397-402

  Holmes, Alice E ^a   Niskar, Amanda Sue ^b   Kieszak, Stephanie M ^b   Rubin, Carol ^b   Brody, Debra J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCREENING TEST; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3543096361     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AUD.0000134553.60120.3A     Document Type: Article

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