Prevalence and factors associated with tinnitus: A community-based study of Japanese elders

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 271-276

  Michikawa, Takehiro ^a   Nishiwaki, Yuji ^a   Kikuchi, Yuriko ^a   Saito, Hideyuki ^a   Mizutari, Kunio ^a   Okamoto, Michiko ^b   Takebayashi, Toru ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Haruna and Kurabuchi Health Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aged; Prevalence; Risk factors; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; TINNITUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TINNITUS;

EID: 77954934016     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20090121     Document Type: Article

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