Increased reporting of occupational hearing loss: Workers' compensation in Washington State, 1984-1998

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 502-510

  Daniell, William E ^a   Fulton Kehoe, Deborah ^a   Cohen, Martin ^b   Swan, Susan S ^a   Franklin, Gary M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Health care costs; Hearing loss; Incidence; Noise induced; Occupational diseases; Workers' compensation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL DEAFNESS; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; RISK FACTORS; WASHINGTON; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 0036895942     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10146     Document Type: Article

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