Occupational hearing loss in Washington State, 1984-1991: II. Morbidity and associated costs

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 529-536

  Daniell, William E ^a,c   Fulton Kehoe, Deborah ^a   Smith Weller, Terri ^a   Franklin, Gary M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Department of Labor and Industries   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability evaluation; Epidemiology; Health care costs; Hearing disorders; Hearing loss, noise induced; Tinnitus; Workers compensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; TINNITUS; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TINNITUS; WASHINGTON; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 0031833366     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199806)33:6<529::AID-AJIM2>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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