Prevalence of hearing loss and differences by demographic characteristics among US adults: Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2004

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 1522-1530

  Agrawal, Yuri ^a   Platz, Elizabeth A ^b   Niparko, John K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AUDIOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49449104088     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.168.14.1522     Document Type: Article

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