Individual susceptibility to noise-induced hearing loss

Audiological Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-53

  Pyykkö, Ilmari ^a   Toppila, Esko ^a,b   Zou, Jing ^a   Kentala, Erna ^c  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ageing of inner ear; Analgesics; Blood pressure; Cholesterol; Risk factors for hearing loss; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EAR PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINER; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; SUNBURN; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 33947166740     PISSN: 1651386X     EISSN: 16513835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16513860601175998     Document Type: Article

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