Predictors of hearing threshold levels and distortion product otoacoustic emissions among noise exposed young adults

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 899-907

  Seixas, N S ^a   Kujawa, S G ^b   Norton, S ^c   Sheppard, L ^a   Neitzel, R ^a   Slee, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; PAINT; SOLVENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BUILDING INDUSTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPLOSION; FEMALE; FIREARM; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTORCYCLE; MUSIC; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; OTOTOXICITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC NOISE;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 6344282616     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2003.009209     Document Type: Article

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