Interventions for preventing voice disorders in adults

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Ruotsalainen, Jani H ^a   Sellman, J ^b   Lehto, L ^b   Jauhiainen, M ^b   Verbeek, J H ^b  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

*Voice training; Adult; Humans; Occupational diseases *prevention control ; Teaching; Voice disorders *prevention control ; Voice quality

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LARYNX DISORDER; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; PATIENT CARE; PHONATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST; SPEECH REHABILITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 42449145854     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006372.pub2     Document Type: Review

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