Hearing loss, accidents, near misses and job losses in firefighters

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 203-209

  Ide, Christopher ^a  

^a Salus Occupational Health and Safety   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Deafness; ENT; Local government; NIHL; Noise induced hearing loss; Occupational deafness; Occupational noise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FIRE FIGHTER; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TINNITUS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; VERTIGO; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FIRE; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUDIOMETRY; FIRES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RETIREMENT;

EID: 34547134487     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kql180     Document Type: Article

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