Perception and attitudes of firefighters on noise exposure and hearing loss

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 210-215

  Hong, Oisaeng ^a   Samo, Daniel ^b   Hulea, Rebecca ^c   Eakin, Brenda ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Consultant ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FIRE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERCEPTION; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FEMALE; FIRES; FOCUS GROUPS; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERCEPTION;

EID: 43049164503     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620701880659     Document Type: Article

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