Interventions to prevent occupational noise induced hearing loss

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Verbeek, Jos H ^a   Kateman, Erik ^b   Morata, Thais C ^c   Dreschler, Wout ^d   Sorgdrager, Bas ^d  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b Center of Expertise in Hearing and Noise Problems   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVICE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MINING; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE REDUCTION; OCCUPATIONAL DEAFNESS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 70049097407     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006396.pub2     Document Type: Review

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