Hearing loss associated with smoking and occupational noise exposure in a Japanese metal working company

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 178-184

  Nomura, Kyoko ^a   Nakao, Mutsuhiro ^a   Yano, Eiji ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age; Atherosclerotic factors; Hearing loss; Noise; Smoking

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUDIOMETER; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEARING ACUITY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL DEAFNESS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; JAPAN; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING;

EID: 23844513120     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-005-0604-z     Document Type: Article

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