Cerumen removal: Comparison of cerumenolytic agents and effect on cognition among the elderly

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 228-232

  Oron, Yahav ^a   Zwecker Lazar, Irina ^b   Levy, Dalia ^a   Kreitler, Shulamith ^c   Roth, Yehudah ^a,d  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerumen impaction in elderly; Cerumenolysis; Ear wax

Indexed keywords

CERUMINOLYTIC AGENT; CERUMOL;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; CERUMEN IMPACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; EAR PRURITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; THERAPY EFFECT; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; BENZOCAINE; CERUMEN; CERUMENOLYTIC AGENTS; CHLOROBENZENES; CHLOROBUTANOL; COGNITION; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EAR CANAL; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; PEROXIDES; PLANT OILS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREA;

EID: 79551587567     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.03.025     Document Type: Article

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