Estimates of auditory risk from outdoor impulse noise II: Civilian firearms

Noise and Health

Volumn 11, Issue 45, 2009, Pages 231-242

  Flamme, Gregory A ^a   Wong, Adam ^a   Liebe, Kevin ^a   Lynd, James ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hearing loss; Impulse noise; Noise adverse effects; Risk factors; Weapons

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FIREARM; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; MICROPHONE; NOISE;

FIREARMS; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; NOISE;

EID: 70349840976     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.56217     Document Type: Article

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