Evaluation of combined effect of organic solvents and noise by the upper limit of hearing

Industrial Health

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 252-257

  Morioka, Ikuharu ^a   Miyai, Nobuyuki ^a   Yamamoto, Hiroichi ^a   Miyashita, Kazuhisa ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Combined effect; Hearing loss; Noise; Organic solvents; Upper limit of hearing

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; METHANOL; ORGANIC SOLVENT; STYRENE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; MALE; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OTOTOXICITY; SOUND PRESSURE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0034065934     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.38.252     Document Type: Article

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