Noise Level of Drilling Instruments during Mastoidectomy

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 339-342

  Lee, Ho Ki ^a   Lee, Ek Ho ^a   Choi, Jae Young ^a   Choi, Hong Shik ^a   Kim, Hee Nam ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Drilling instrument; Mastoidectomy; Noise; Noise induced hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MASTOID; NOISE; OTITIS MEDIA; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MASTOID; NOISE; OTITIS MEDIA; OTOLARYNGOLOGY;

EID: 0033174459     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.1999.40.4.339     Document Type: Article

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