Age-related hearing impairment: Ensemble playing of environmental and genetic factors

Genes, Hearing, and Deafness: From Molecular Biology to Clinical Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 79-90

  van Laer, Lut ^a   van Camp, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

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