Influence of environmental factors on the evolution of industrial noise-induced hearing loss

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 107, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 351-361

  Abbate, Carmelo ^a   Concetto, Giorgianni ^a   Fortunato, Munaò ^a   Brecciaroli, Renato ^a   Tringali, Maria Antonietta ^a   Beninato, Giovanni ^a   D'Arrigo, Graziella ^a   Domenico, Germanò ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic acoustic trauma; Hearing loss; Noise; Socioacusis

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACOUSTIC NOISE; NOISE POLLUTION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CHRONIC ACOUSTIC TRAUMA; HEARING LOSS; SOCIOACUSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEARING; NOISE POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NOISE INJURY; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT SELECTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN POPULATION;

CITIES; GEOGRAPHY; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; ITALY; MALE; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 24044532907     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-3107-1     Document Type: Article

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