Role of general practitioners in managing age-related hearing loss

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-23

  Schneider, Julie M ^a   Gopinath, Bamini ^b   McMahon, Catherine M ^c   Britt, Helena C ^d   Harrison, Christopher M ^d   Usherwood, Tim ^b   Leeder, Stephen R ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^b  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE RELATED HEARING LOSS; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONSULTATION; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMEDICAL PROFESSION; PATIENT REFERRAL; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESBYACUSIS; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRESBYCUSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 77449122226     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03395.x     Document Type: Article

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