Sound exposure among the Finnish National Opera personnel

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 177-182

  Laitinen, Heli M ^a   Toppila, Esko M ^a   Olkinuora, Pekka S ^a   Kuisma, Kaarina ^b  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b Finnish National Opera   (Finland)

Author keywords

Choir; Classical Music; Hearing Loss Risk; Musician

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DANCING; DOSIMETER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MUSIC; MUSICIAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND PRESSURE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FINLAND; HUMANS; MUSIC; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOUND; TINNITUS;

EID: 0037337743     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220301356     Document Type: Article

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