Combined effects of hand-arm vibration and noise on temporary threshold shifts of hearing in healthy subjects

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 433-436

  Zhu, Shan Kuan ^a   Sakakibara, Hisataka ^a   Yamada, Shin'ya ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Combination of hand arm vibration and noise; Sympathetic nervous activity; TTS of hearing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD SHIFT; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; TIME; VIBRATION;

ADULT; ARM; AUDITORY FATIGUE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; NOISE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VIBRATION;

EID: 0031009077     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200050171     Document Type: Article

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