Noise exposure and hearing conservation for farmers of rural Japanese communities

Journal of Sound and Vibration

Volumn 277, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 633-641

  Miyakita, Takashi ^a   Ueda, Atsushi ^b   Futatsuka, Makoto ^b   Inaoka, Tsukasa ^b   Nagano, Megumi ^b   Koyama, Wasaku ^c  

^a KUMAMOTO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Japanese Red Cross Society   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; HEALTH HAZARDS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; NOISE POLLUTION; NOISE POLLUTION CONTROL; PERSONNEL; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

HEARING LOSS; NOISE EXPOSURE LEVELS; SUGARCANE HARVESTING;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

EID: 4444335282     PISSN: 0022460X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2004.03.026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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