Instruction and the improvement of hearing protector performance

Noise and Health

Volumn 7, Issue 25, 2004, Pages 41-47

  Williams, Warwick ^a  

^a NATIONAL ACOUSTIC LABORATORIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Hearing protectors; Instruction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; NOISE POLLUTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PACKAGING; WORKPLACE;

EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; PRODUCT LABELING;

EID: 10644221102     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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