Noise exposure and hearing loss among the traffic policemen working at busy streets of Jalgaon urban centre

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-75

  Ingle, S T ^a   Pachpande, B G ^a   Wagh, N D ^a   Attarde, S B ^a  

^a NORTH MAHARASHTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Hearing loss; Traffic noise; Traffic policemen

Indexed keywords

AUDIOMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; NOISE POLLUTION CONTROL; SOUND REPRODUCTION; URBAN PLANNING;

HEARING IMPAIRMENT; NOISE EXPOSURE; TRAFFIC POLICEMEN;

STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL;

HEALTH IMPACT; NOISE POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN TRANSPORT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; JALGAON; MAHARASHTRA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 10944272737     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2004.09.004     Document Type: Article

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