Comparison of NIOSH noise criteria and OSHA hearing conservation criteria

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 334-338

  Sriwattanatamma, Patra ^a   Breysse, Patrick ^b  

^a Esso Singapore Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hearing conservation; Hearing loss; Noise; Noise exposure standards; Noise induced hearing loss; Personal noise exposures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSIMETER; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL DEAFNESS; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ACOUSTICS; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0034011467     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(200004)37:4<334::AID-AJIM2>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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