Hearing difficulty attributable to employment by industry and occupation: An analysis of the National Health Interview Survey - United States, 1997 to 2003

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-56

  Tak, SangWoo ^a,b   Calvert, Geoffrey M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INTERVIEW; MACHINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DEAFNESS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38049187635     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181579316     Document Type: Article

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