The air turbine and hearing loss: Are dentists at risk?

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 133, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1639-1642

  Hyson Jr , John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTIST; GOVERNMENT; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; META ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AUDIOMETRY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL HIGH-SPEED EQUIPMENT; DENTISTS; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0037704315     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2002.0113     Document Type: Article

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