Assessment of occupational hearing requirements

Canadian Acoustics - Acoustique Canadienne

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-9

  Forshaw, Stanley ^a   Hamilton, Kevin ^b  

^a 3650 Westbrook Mall ^*  (Canada)

^b 3650 Wesbrook Mall   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABILITY TESTING; PERSONNEL SELECTION; STANDARDS;

OCCUPATIONAL HEARING REQUIREMENTS;

AUDITION;

EID: 0031100179     PISSN: 07116659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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