Global hearing health care: new findings and perspectives

The Lancet

Volumn 390, Issue 10111, 2017, Pages 2503-2515

  Wilson, Blake S ^a,b,c,d   Tucci, Debara L ^a,b   Merson, Michael H ^b   O'Donoghue, Gerard M ^e,f  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^e The National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Blood Borne and Sexually Transmitted Infections at University College London in partnership with UK Health Security Agency   (United Kingdom)

^f NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; COST CONTROL; DISABILITY; GLOBAL DISEASE BURDEN; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TERTIARY PREVENTION;

GLOBAL HEALTH; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS;

EID: 85021978970     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31073-5     Document Type: Review

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