Prevalence and Determinants of Tinnitus in the Italian Adult Population

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 12-19

  Gallus, Silvano ^a   Lugo, Alessandra ^b   Garavello, Werner ^c   Bosetti, Cristina ^a   Santoro, Eugenio ^a   Colombo, Paolo ^d   Perin, Paola ^e   La Vecchia, Carlo ^b   Langguth, Berthold ^f  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d Gallup International Association   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Italy; Prevalence; Representative survey; Risk factors; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCOME; ITALIAN (CITIZEN); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TINNITUS; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TINNITUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937792964     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000431376     Document Type: Article

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