Hearing health of workers exposed to noise and insecticides;Saúde auditiva de trabalhadores expostos a ruído e inseticidas

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 417-423

  Fernandes Teixeira, Cleide ^a   da Silva Augusto, Lia Giraldo ^b   Morata, Thais C ^c  

^a Faculdade Integrada do Recife   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

Auditory system and multiple exposures; Hearing loss, noise induced; Insecticides; Vector control

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; CIPERMETHRIN; DELTAMETHRIN; FENITROTHION; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; INSECTICIDE; MALATHION; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; PYRETHROID; TEMEFOS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR; NOISE; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WORKER; YELLOW FEVER;

EID: 0141605914     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102003000400005     Document Type: Article

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