Estimates of workers with noise-induced hearing loss and population at risk

Journal of Sound and Vibration

Volumn 205, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 441-449

  Miyakita, T ^a   Ueda, A ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; AUDITION; HEALTH HAZARDS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

NOISE HAZARD PREVENTION; NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS (NIHL);

NOISE POLLUTION;

EID: 0031210886     PISSN: 0022460X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsvi.1997.1010     Document Type: Article

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