Hearing loss among workers at an oil refinery in Taiwan

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-58

  Chen, Jong Dar ^a   Tsai, Jui Yuan ^a  

^a TAO YUAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hearing loss; Noise; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; HUMAN; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL DEAFNESS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OIL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; PETROLEUM; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN;

EID: 0038078490     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.58.1.55-58     Document Type: Article

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