Occupational noise, smoking, and a high body mass index are risk factors for age-related hearing impairment and moderate alcohol consumption is protective: A European population-based multicenter study

JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 264-276

  Fransen, Erik ^a   Topsakal, Vedat ^b   Hendrickx, Jan Jaap ^a,b   Van Laer, Lut ^a   Huyghe, Jeroen R ^a   Van Eyken, Els ^a   Lemkens, Nele ^b   Hannula, Samuli ^c   Mäki Torkko, Elina ^c   Jensen, Mona ^e   Demeester, Kelly ^b   Tropitzsch, Anke ^f   Bonaconsa, Amanda ^g   Mazzoli, Manuela ^g   Espeso, Angeles ^h   Verbruggen, Katia ⁱ   Huyghe, Joke ⁱ   Huygen, Patrick L M ^d   Kunst, Sylvia ^d   Manninen, Minna ^j   Diaz Lacava, Amalia ^k   Steffens, Michael ^k   Wienker, Thomas F ^k   Pyykkö, Ilmari ^j   Cremers, Cor W R J ^d   Kremer, Hannie ^d   Dhooge, Ingeborg ⁱ   Stephens, Dafydd ^h   Orzan, Eva ^g   Pfister, Markus ^f   Bille, Michael ^e   Parving, Agnete ^e   Sorri, Martti ^c   Van De Heyning, Paul ^b   Van Camp, Guy ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^h CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^j TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

Age related hearing impairment; Occupational noise; Presbyacusis; Risk factors; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ; SOLVENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEART INFARCTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL NOISE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 48749125930     PISSN: 15253961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10162-008-0123-1     Document Type: Article

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