Hearing decline in menopausal women - A 10-year follow-up

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 135, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 807-813

  Svedbrant, Johan ^a,b   Bark, Rusana ^a,b   Hultcrantz, Malou ^a,b   Hederstierna, Christina ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age; audiometry; cortisol; estrogen; gender differences; healthy

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLIMACTERIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; AUDIOMETRY; DISEASE COURSE; FORECASTING; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN;

AUDIOMETRY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN;

EID: 84931835867     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489.2015.1023354     Document Type: Article

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