Noise exposure, awareness, attitudes and use of hearing protection in a steel rolling mill in Nigeria

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 487-489

  Ologe, Foluwasayo E ^a   Akande, Tanimola M ^a   Olajide, Toye G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Awareness; Hearing protection; Nigeria; Noise exposure; Steel rolling mill

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; NOISE POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STEEL;

EID: 24944588079     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqi089     Document Type: Article

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