Occupational hearing loss in Washington state, 1984-1991: I. Statewide and industry-specific incidence

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 519-528

  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

Epidemiology; Hearing disorders; Hearing loss; Noise induced; Work; Workers compensation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; RISK FACTORS; WASHINGTON; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 0031861291     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199806)33:6<519::AID-AJIM1>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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