Assessment of self-selection bias in a pediatric unilateral hearing loss study

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 427-433

  Lieu, Judith E C ^a   Dewan, Karuna ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEARING AID; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS;

AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, UNILATERAL; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 76749143584     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2009.11.035     Document Type: Article

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