Noise exposures aboard catcher/processor fishing vessels

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 624-633

  Neitzel, Richard L ^a   Berna, Bryan E ^a   Seixas, Noah S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercial fishing; Hearing loss; Hearing protection; L eff(24); Leq(24); Non work exposure; Occupational noise exposure; Sound pressure levels

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FISHING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL DEAFNESS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SHIFT WORKER; SOUND INTENSITY;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FISHERIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIPS; SOUND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33746762246     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20332     Document Type: Article

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