Noise-induced hearing loss and hearing conservation in mining

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 290-296

  McBride, David I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hearing conservation; Mining; Noise induced hearing loss; Occupational noise

Indexed keywords

AUDIOMETRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DEAFNESS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

AUDIOMETRY; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MINING; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 4444325700     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqh075     Document Type: Review

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