Association of skin color, race/ethnicity, and hearing loss among adults in the USA

JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 109-117

  Lin, Frank R ^a,b   Maas, Paige ^b   Chien, Wade ^a   Carey, John P ^a   Ferrucci, Luigi ^c   Thorpe, Roland ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hearing loss; Melanocytes; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CELL FUNCTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTE; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RACE; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPEECH ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; COHORT STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860217429     PISSN: 15253961     EISSN: 14387573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10162-011-0298-8     Document Type: Article

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