Occupational safety and health aspects of voice and speech professions

Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 220-253

  Vilkman, Erkki ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Department of Phoniatrics   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; Occupational safety and health; Speech perception; Vocal loading

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; LARYNX DISORDER; LOUDNESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PHONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SPEECH; TEACHER; VOCAL CORD; VOICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 4043082808     PISSN: 10217762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000078344     Document Type: Conference Paper

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