The ototoxicity of styrene: A review of occupational investigations

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 93-102

  Lawton, B W ^a   Hoffmann, J ^b   Triebig, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hearing loss; Inhalation; Noise; Styrene; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

GLASS FIBER; PLASTIC; STYRENE;

AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; NOISE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OTOTOXICITY; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; REVIEW; URINALYSIS; VAPOR;

DENMARK; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STYRENE;

EID: 29444433069     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-005-0030-2     Document Type: Review

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