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Original Articles

Development and evaluation of a questionnaire to assess knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors towards hearing loss prevention

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Pages 209-218 | Received 19 Jun 2013, Accepted 25 Oct 2013, Published online: 27 Jan 2014

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