The hearing conservation amendment: 25 Years later

Noise and Health

Volumn 11, Issue 42, 2009, Pages 2-7

  Suter, Alice ^a,b  

^a Alice Suter and Associates   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hearing conservation amendment; Hearing conservation programs; NHCA; NIOSH; OSHA; Regulations; Standards

Indexed keywords

DEATH; DOSIMETER; ENGINEERING; EUROPE; EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEARING; HEARING CONSERVATION AMENDMENT; HEARING LOSS; HEARING PROTECTION DEVICE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOISE REDUCTION; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PROTECTION; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER;

AUDIOMETRY; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (U.S.); NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 59649125938     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.45306     Document Type: Review

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