Beliefs and attitudes among Swedish workers regarding the risk of hearing loss

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 585-593

  Svensson, Eva B ^a,b   Morata, Thais C ^c   Nylén, Per ^a   Krieg, Edward F ^c   Johnson, Ann Christin ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

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

Author keywords

Comfort; Hearing protectors; Noise

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DEAFNESS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 13144305058     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020400050075     Document Type: Article

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