Gender differences in blue collar workers' use of hearing protection

Women and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 69-89

  Lusk, Sally L ^a   Ronis, David L ^b   Baer, Leslie M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c University of Michigan ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DEAFNESS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030806008     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v25n04_04     Document Type: Article

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