Tinnitus and mobile phone use

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 804-808

  Hutter, Hans Peter ^a   Moshammer, Hanns ^a   Wallner, Peter ^b   Cartellieri, Monika ^c   Denk Linnert, Doris Maria ^d   Katzinger, Michaela ^d   Ehrenberger, Klaus ^d   Kundi, Michael ^a  

^a Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

^b Medicine and Environmental Protection (Mus) Vienna   (Austria)

^c University Hospital for Ear Nose Throat   (Austria)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TINNITUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELLULAR PHONE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIO WAVES; TIME FACTORS; TINNITUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649675370     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.048116     Document Type: Article

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