Heavy metals exposure and hearing loss in US adolescents

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1183-1189

  Shargorodsky, Josef ^a,b   Curhan, Sharon G ^a   Henderson, Elisabeth ^c   Eavey, Roland ^d   Curhan, Gary C ^a,e  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES; URINE LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ARSENIC; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CADMIUM; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEAVY METAL POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MERCURY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84555178196     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 1538361X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2011.202     Document Type: Article

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