Association of work-related accidents with noise exposure in the workplace and noise-induced hearing loss based on the experience of some 240,000 person-years of observation

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1644-1652

  Picard, Michel ^a   Girard, Serge André ^b   Simard, Marc ^b   Larocque, Richard ^b   Leroux, Tony ^a   Turcotte, Fernand ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accident; Adverse effects; Epidemiology; Hearing sensitivity; NAICS; NIHL; Noise; Safety at work

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL; AUDITION; HEALTH RISKS; METALS; NOISE POLLUTION; PHOTORESISTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TESTING;

ACCIDENT; ACCIDENT RISKS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEARING LOSSES; HEARING SENSITIVITY; HEARING THRESHOLDS; INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION; NAICS; NIHL; NOISE; NOISE EXPOSURES; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENTS; OCCUPATIONAL NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL NOISE EXPOSURE; PRODUCT MANUFACTURING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY AT WORK; TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENTS; WORK-RELATED; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; HEARING LOSS, HIGH-FREQUENCY; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUEBEC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 49949086458     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2008.05.013     Document Type: Article

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