Trends in the prevalence of hearing loss among young adults entering an industrial workforce 1985 to 2004

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 369-375

  Rabinowitz, Peter M ^a,c   Slade, Martin D ^a   Galusha, Deron ^a   Dixon Ernst, Christine ^b   Cullen, Mark R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALCOA INC   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOISE; PREVALENCE; SOUND INTENSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOISE; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33748497265     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aud.0000224125.12338.9a     Document Type: Article

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