Incidence Rates of Clinically Significant Tinnitus: 10-Year Trend from a Cohort Study in England

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2015, Pages e69-e75

  Martinez, Carlos ^a   Wallenhorst, Christopher ^a   McFerran, Don ^b   Hall, Deborah A ^c  

^a Institute for Epidemiology Statistics and Informatics GmbH   (Germany)

^b IPSWICH HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinically significant tinnitus; Incidence rates; Time trend

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TINNITUS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TINNITUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938953782     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: 15384667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000121     Document Type: Article

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