Organic solvent exposure and hearing loss in a cohort of aluminium workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 230-235

  Rabinowitz, Peter M ^a   Galusha, D ^a   Slade, M D ^a   Dixon Ernst, C ^b   O'Neill, A ^a   Fiellin, M ^a   Cullen, M R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALCOA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 BUTANONE; ALUMINUM; ORGANIC SOLVENT; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ADULT; ALUMINUM FACTORY; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; WORKER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALUMINUM; AUDIOMETRY; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, HIGH-FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOLVENTS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 41749100128     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2006.031047     Document Type: Article

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