Heating loss among construction workers in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-63

  Hessel, Patrick A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CANADA; EMPLOYMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; ALBERTA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEARING LOSS, FUNCTIONAL; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0033621676     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-200001000-00014     Document Type: Article

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