Hearing impairment and socioeconomic factors: A population-based survey of an urban locality in southern Brazil

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 381-387

  Béria, Jorge Umberto ^a   Raymann, Beatriz Carmen Warth ^a,b   Gigante, Luciana Petrucci ^a   Figueiredo, Andréia Cristina Leal ^a   Jotz, Geraldo ^a   Roithman, Renato ^a   Da Costa, Sady Selaimen ^a   Garcez, Vera ^a   Scherer, Caroline ^c   Smith, Andrew ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

^b Christoffel Blindenmission   (Germany)

^c Clinical Speech Therapist   (Brazil)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brazil; Deafness; Hearing loss

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE; HEARING; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SURVEY; URBAN AREA;

BRAZIL; CANOAS; RIO GRANDE DO SUL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEAFNESS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 35449007256     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892007000500006     Document Type: Article

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