Commentary on “Occupational Noise, Smoking and a High Body Mass Index are Risk Factors for Age-Related Hearing Impairment and Moderate Alcohol Consumption is Protective: a European Population-Based Multicentre Study” by Fransen et al., J. Assoc. Res. Otolaryngol. DOI 10.1007/s10162-008-0123-1
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1525-3961,1438-7573
DOI: 10.1007/s10162-008-0128-9