The risk of tinnitus following occupational noise exposure in workers with hearing loss or normal hearing

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 109-114

  Rubak, Tine ^a   Kock, Samuel ^a   Koefoed Nielsen, Birger ^a   Lund, Søren Peter ^b   Bonde, Jens Peter ^a   Kolstad, Henrik A ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Audiometry; Epidemiology; Hearing loss; Noise induced; Occupational diseases; Occupational exposure; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TINNITUS;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TINNITUS;

EID: 40049094680     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020701581430     Document Type: Article

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