Exposure to organic solvent mixture and hearing loss: Literature overview

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 309-314

  Śliwinska Kowalska, Mariola ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Dockyards; Jet fuel exposure; Oil refinery; Paint and lacquer industry; Risk of hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC SOLVENT; STYRENE; TOLUENE;

AUDITORY SYSTEM; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OIL INDUSTRY; PAINT INDUSTRY; POLLUTANT; REVIEW;

EID: 37649007239     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10001-007-0032-2     Document Type: Review

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