Hearing loss in workers exposed to carbon disulfide and noise

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 111, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1620-1624

  Chang, Shu Ju ^a   Shih, Tung Sheng ^a   Chou, Tzu Chieh ^b   Chen, Chiou Jong ^a,c   Chang, Ho Yuan ^b   Sung, Fung Chang ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carbon disulfide; Hearing loss; Noise; Viscose workers

Indexed keywords

CARBON DISULFIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL DEAFNESS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

EID: 0142061008     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.6289     Document Type: Article

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