Estimated leisure-time noise exposure, hearing thresholds, and hearing symptoms of finnish conscripts

Military Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 112-116

  Jokitulppo, Jaana ^a,b   Toivonen, Markku ^c   Björk, Erkki ^b  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c Garrison Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SCREENING; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FINLAND; HEARING DISORDER; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; LEISURE; LOUDNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE POLLUTION; OTALGIA; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUND DETECTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TINNITUS;

EID: 32144462466     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.171.2.112     Document Type: Article

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