Epidemiological study of chronic tinnitus in Assiut, Egypt

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-52

  Khedr, Eman M ^a   Ahmed, Mohamed A ^a   Shawky, Ola Ahmed ^a   Mohamed, Enass Sayed ^a   El Attar, Ghada S ^b   Mohammad, Khaled A ^a  

^a ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Public Health and Community Medicine   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Depression; Hearing loss; Tinnitus prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OTITIS MEDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL AREA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TINNITUS; URBAN AREA; AGE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TINNITUS;

EID: 77950602826     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000306630     Document Type: Article

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