Occupational noise-induced hearing loss reports and tinnitus in Finland

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 127, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 729-735

  Mrena, Roderik ^a,d   Ylikoski, Matti ^b   Mäkitie, Antti ^a   Pirvola, Ulla ^c   Ylikoski, Jukka ^a,c  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acoustic trauma; Disability; Industrial; Threshold shift

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL DEAFNESS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TINNITUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; TINNITUS;

EID: 34250626786     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480601002013     Document Type: Article

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