Protection efficiency of hearing protectors against military noise from handheld weapons and vehicles

Noise and Health

Volumn 7, Issue 26, 2005, Pages 11-20

  Pääkkönen, Rauno ^a   Lehtomaki K ^b  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b FINNISH DEFENCE FORCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

Combat; Hearing protectors; Jet fighters; Military noise; Vehicles

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT NOISE; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARMY; ARTICLE; EAR PROTECTION; HEARING; HUMAN; MOTOR VEHICLE; NOISE INJURY; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE REDUCTION; OCCUPATIONAL DEAFNESS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SOLDIER; WEAPON;

EID: 17744385318     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.31644     Document Type: Article

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