Chemical exposure as a risk factor for hearing loss

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 676-682

  Morata, Thais C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DISULFIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; ETHYLBENZENE; HERBICIDE; HEXANE; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; LEAD; MERCURY; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PARAQUAT; SOLVENT; STYRENE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; XYLENE;

AUDIOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; INHALATION; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DEAFNESS; OTOTOXICITY; PERSONAL MONITORING; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; SKIN ABSORPTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0038381942     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000071507.96740.70     Document Type: Conference Paper

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