Low heritability of tinnitus: Results from the second Nord-Trøndelag Health Study

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 178-182

  Kvestad, Ellen ^a,b   Czajkowski, Nikolai ^a   Engdahl, Bo ^a   Hoffman, Howard J ^c   Tambs, Kristian ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGENY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SIBLING; TINNITUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORWAY; NUCLEAR FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TINNITUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77149176298     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2009.220     Document Type: Article

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