Tinnitus among airline pilots: Prevalence and effects of age, flight experience, and other noise

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 112-116

  Lindgren, Torsten ^a   Wieslander, Gunilla ^a   Dammström, Bo Göran ^a,b   Norbäck, Dan ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS)   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aerospace medicine; Aircraft; Noise; Pilots; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AGE; AIRCRAFT NOISE; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TINNITUS;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; TINNITUS;

EID: 58849109418     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2364.2009     Document Type: Article

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