Could driving safety be compromised by noise exposure at work and noise-induced hearing loss?

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 489-499

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

^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; Industrial Noise; NIHL; Road Safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 53549111876     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580802271478     Document Type: Article

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