Occupational exposure to noise, and hearing function among electro production workers

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 381-385

  Rachiotis, George ^a   Alexopoulos, Charalambos ^b   Drivas, Spiros ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b Hellenic Institute for Occupational Health and Safety   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hearing loss; Noise; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOISE MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OFFICE WORKER; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING;

EID: 33749253888     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2006.03.008     Document Type: Article

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