Noise exposures of rail workers at a North American chemical facility

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 364-369

  Landon, Paul ^a   Breysse, Patrick ^a   Chen, Yuju ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hearing conservation; Hearing loss; Noise; Noise exposure standards; Noise induced hearing loss; Personal noise exposure

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETER; EAR PROTECTION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; RAILWAY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIFT WORKER; SOUND INTENSITY; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; RAILROADS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 15944397585     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20152     Document Type: Review

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