Effects of industrial solvents on hearing and balance: A review

Noise and Health

Volumn 8, Issue 32, 2006, Pages 114-133

  Hodgkinson, Lyn ^a   Prasher, Deepak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balance; Carbon disulfide; Hearing loss; Industrial solvents; Noise; Styrene; TCE; Toluene; Xylene

Indexed keywords

CARBON DISULFIDE; ETHYLBENZENE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; SOLVENT; STYRENE; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; XYLENE;

AUDIOMETRY; BALANCE DISORDER; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HAIR CELL; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NEUROTOXICITY; NOISE POLLUTION; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OTOTOXICITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 34948838975     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.33952     Document Type: Review

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