Environmental Cadmium and Lead Exposures and Hearing Loss in U.S. Adults: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999 to 2004
Choi Y, Hu H, Mukherjee B, Miller J, Park S. Environmental Cadmium and Lead Exposures and Hearing Loss in U.S. Adults: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999 to 2004. Environmental Health Perspectives 2012, 120: 1544-1550. PMID: 22851306, PMCID: PMC3556613, DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1104863.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Health and Nutrition Examination SurveyPure-tone averageHealth and Nutrition Examination SurveyHearing lossNutrition Examination SurveyExamination SurveyU.S. adultsRisk factorsGeneral populationU.S. general populationBlood cadmiumHearing thresholdsNonoccupational noiseHearing abilityLow-level exposure to cadmiumLead exposureYears of ageClinical risk factorsU.S. populationExamination componentsEnvironmental cadmiumEpidemiological studiesHearingAnalyzed dataAdults