A study of hearing changes among military conscripts in the Swedish Army

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 247-251

  Muhr, Per ^a,b,d   Månsson, Bertil ^a   Hellström, Per Anders ^c  

^a Armed Forces Headquarters   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Swedish Armed Forces   (Sweden)

^d Box 515 ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Artillery; Conscript; Hearing; Infantry; Military; Noise

Indexed keywords

ARMY; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD SHIFT; FIREARM; HEARING LOSS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; SWEDEN;

AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FIREARMS; HEARING LOSS; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; VEHICLES;

EID: 33646815290     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020500190052     Document Type: Article

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