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| Ellen KvestadSummaryAffiliation: Norwegian Institute of Public Health Country: Norway Publications
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Heritability of hearing lossEllen Kvestad
Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
Epidemiology 23:328-31. 2012..The aim of the present study was to explore the relative importance of genetic and environmental effects in the etiology of impaired hearing...
Otitis media: genetic factors and sex differencesEllen Kvestad
Division of Epidemiology, The Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
Twin Res 7:239-44. 2004..There is no evidence that different sets of genes influence liability in males and females, but there may be sex differences in the relative importance of genetic effects...
Heritability of recurrent tonsillitisEllen Kvestad
Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 131:383-7. 2005..To estimate the relative contribution of genetic and environmental effects on the variance in the liability of recurrent tonsillitis...
The reliability of self-reported childhood otitis media by adultsEllen Kvestad
Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Pb 4404 Nydalen, N 0403 Oslo, Norway
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 70:597-602. 2006..To estimate reliability of retrospective questionnaire data on childhood recurrent otitis media, and to identify factors influencing inconsistency in self-report...
Recurrent otitis media and tonsillitis: common disease predispositionEllen Kvestad
Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 70:1561-8. 2006..To estimate the relative contribution of genetic and environmental effects to the association between recurrent otitis media and recurrent tonsillitis...
Low heritability of tinnitus: results from the second Nord-Trøndelag health studyEllen Kvestad
Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 136:178-82. 2010..To estimate the heritability of tinnitus...
Occupation and the risk of bothersome tinnitus: results from a prospective cohort study (HUNT)Bo Engdahl
Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Division of Mental Health, Oslo, Norway
BMJ Open 2:e000512. 2012..5. Conclusion This study found a moderate association between occupation and bothersome tinnitus...
