A systematic review of the interventions to promote the wearing of hearing protection

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 362-369

  El Dib, Regina Paolucci ^a,d   Atallah, Álvaro Nagib ^b   Andriolo, Régis Bruni ^b,c   de Oliveira Soares, Bernardo Garcia ^c   Verbeek, Jos ^d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Brazilian Cochrane Center   (Brazil)

^d Unfesp ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ear protective devices; Meta analysis; Noise induced hearing loss; Occupational noise; Review literature

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; EAR PROTECTION; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIDEORECORDING; WORKER; WORKPLACE;

EID: 42249101594     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-31802007000600013     Document Type: Review

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