Prevalence of tinnitus in community-dwelling Japanese adults

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 299-304

  Fujii, Kaori ^a   Nagata, Chisato ^a   Nakamura, Kozue ^a   Kawachi, Toshiaki ^a   Takatsuka, Naoyoshi ^a   Oba, Shino ^a   Shimizu, Hiroyuki ^a,b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Sakihai Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japanese; Population based; Prevalence; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TINNITUS;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TINNITUS;

EID: 79960739853     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20100124     Document Type: Article

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