Noise exposure and hearing loss prevention programmes after 20 years of regulations in the United States

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 343-351

  Daniell, W E ^a   Swan, S S ^a   McDaniel, M M ^b   Camp, J E ^a   Cohen, M A ^a   Stebbins, J G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Pacific Hearing Conservation   (United States)

^c Pacific Hearing Conservation ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; EAR PROTECTION; EMPLOYEE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INTERVIEWS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 33646271591     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2005.024588     Document Type: Article

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