Factors affecting the use of hearing protectors among classical music players

Noise and Health

Volumn 7, Issue 26, 2005, Pages 21-29

  Laitinen, H ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Hearing impairment; Hearing protectors; Musicians; Usage rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EAR PROTECTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEARING; HUMAN; LOUDNESS RECRUITMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSIC; MUSICIAN; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL DEAFNESS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OTALGIA; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STRESS; TINNITUS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 17744372894     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.31643     Document Type: Article

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