Hypertension and hearing impairment in workers of iron and steel industry

Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 60-66

  Narlawar, Uday W ^a   Surjuse, Bhooshan G ^a   Thakre, Sushama S ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Hearing impairment; Hypertension; Occupational disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL DEAFNESS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; SOUND INTENSITY;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; METALLURGY; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 31344471236     PISSN: 00195499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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