Occupational noise exposure and sensorineural hearing loss among workers of a steel rolling mill

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 263, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 618-621

  Ologe, Foluwasayo E ^a   Akande, Tanimola M ^a   Olajide, Toye G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Nigeria; Occupational noise exposure; Sensorineural hearing loss; Steel rolling mill

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; NOISE POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TYMPANOMETRY;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NIGERIA; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33745510426     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-006-0043-9     Document Type: Article

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