Socio-demographic determinants of hearing impairment studied in 103 835 term babies

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-60

  Van Kerschaver, Erwin ^a   Boudewyns, An N ^b   Declau, Frank ^b   Van De Heyning, Paul H ^b   Wuyts, Floris L ^b  

^a Medical Policy Unit   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BELGIUM; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876572266     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cks010     Document Type: Article

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