Severe hearing impairment among military veterans --- United States, 2010

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 60, Issue 28, 2011, Pages 955-958

  Groenewold, Matthew R ^a   Tak, Sangwoo ^a   Masterson, Elizabeth ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

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EID: 79960767362     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
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