Predictors of hearing protection use in construction workers

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 605-615

  Edelson, Jane ^a   Neitzel, Richard ^a   Meischke, Hendrika ^a   Daniell, William ^a   Sheppard, Lianne ^a   Stover, Bert ^a   Seixas, Noah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction; Hearing protectors; Noise exposure

Indexed keywords

BIMODAL DISTRIBUTION; CONSTRUCTION SITES; CONSTRUCTION WORKERS; DOSIMETRY MEASUREMENT; EXPOSURE REDUCTION; FULL-SHIFT; GROUP LEVEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEARING CONSERVATION; HEARING LOSS; HEARING PROTECTION; HEARING PROTECTION DEVICES; HEARING PROTECTORS; HIGH NOISE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELS; NOISE EXPOSURE; NOISE LEVELS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; SAFETY CLIMATE; SITE SAFETY; USAGE RATE;

AUDITION; COMMERCE; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; EAR PROTECTORS; NOISE POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CLIMATE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXPOSURE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEARING; NOISE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; VALIDITY;

ADULT; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 69049118152     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mep039     Document Type: Article

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