Nutrition and hearing loss: A neglected cause and global health burden

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 987-988

  Emmett, Susan D ^a,b   West, Keith P ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BETA CRYPTOXANTHIN; FOLIC ACID; RETINOL; CRYPTOXANTHIN;

AUDIOMETRY; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; EDITORIAL; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SELF REPORT; SUPPLEMENTATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AUDITORY DISEASES, CENTRAL; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIET; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ASCORBIC ACID; AUDITORY DISEASES, CENTRAL; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BETA CAROTENE; CRYPTOXANTHINS; DIET; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NEUROGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84946076130     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.115.122598     Document Type: Editorial

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