Environmental and genetic factors in age-related hearing impairment

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-10

  Bovo, Roberto ^a   Ciorba, Andrea ^a   Martini, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Hearing impairment; Presbycusis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CISPLATIN; GENTAMICIN; PLACEBO;

AGE RELATED HEARING IMPAIRMENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEAD INJURY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; NOISE; PRESBYACUSIS; REVIEW; SMOKING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79956300475     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324947     Document Type: Review

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