Impact of tinnitus on the quality of life among Saudi patients

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1274-1278

  Alsanosi, Abdulrahman A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUDITORY LATERALIZATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAUDI ARABIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; TINNITUS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAUDI ARABIA; TINNITUS;

EID: 84860655152     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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