An overview of industrial employee's exposure to noise in sundry processing and manufacturing industries in Ilorin Metropolis, Nigeria

Industrial Health

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 123-133

  Olayinka, Oyedepo S ^a   Abdullahi, Saadu A ^b  

^a Covenant University ^*  (Nigeria)

^b Kwara State Polytechnic   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Industrial machineries; Industrial workers; NIHL; Noise; Noise pollution level

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; EMPLOYEE; GENERATOR; GLASS INDUSTRY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; MINING; NIGERIA; NOISE MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; VACUUM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH SURVEY; INDUSTRY; MIDDLE AGED; POLLUTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 65449125405     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.47.123     Document Type: Review

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