Hearing impairment and tinnitus: Prevalence, risk factors, and outcomes in us service members and veterans deployed to the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 71-85

  Theodoroff, Sarah M ^a,b   Lewis, M Samantha ^a,b   Folmer, Robert L ^a,b   Henry, James A ^a,b   Carlson, Kathleen F ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR REHABILITATIVE AUDITORY RESEARCH   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hearing loss; Prevalence; Risk factors; Tinnitus; Veterans' health

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; EXPLOSION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IRAQ; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TINNITUS; VETERAN; WAR; HEARING LOSS; PROTECTION; SOLDIER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VETERANS HEALTH;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE FACTORS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; TINNITUS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 84941569573     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: 14786729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/epirev/mxu005     Document Type: Review

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