Dog noise as a risk factor for hearing loss among police dog handlers

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 535-539

  Reid, Alastair ^a   Dick, Finlay ^b   Semple, Sean ^b  

^a RAF Medical Boards   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Noise; Noise induced hearing loss; Police dog

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR FORCE; AIRCRAFT NOISE; AUDIOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOSIMETRY; EMPLOYER; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POLICE; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAVEL;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOGS; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 11044233053     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqh119     Document Type: Review

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