Strategy for prevention and control of the risks due to noise

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 361-369

  Malchaire, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hearing; Hearing conservation programmes; Risk assessment; Small and medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; EAR PROTECTION; EXPOSURE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MEDICAL EXPERT; NOISE POLLUTION; OBSERVATION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACOUSTICS; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0034067140     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.57.6.361     Document Type: Article

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