Changes in the prevalence of vocal symptoms among teachers during a twelve-year period

Journal of Voice

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 95-102

  Simberg, Susanna ^a,d   Sala, Eeva ^b   Vehmas, Kirsti ^c   Laine, Anneli ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Turku Municipal Health Care Center   (Finland)

^d NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Pupil misbehaving; Teachers; Vocal symptoms; Voice disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNX DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; STUDENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEACHER;

EID: 14844294756     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2004.02.009     Document Type: Article

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