The association between low levels of lead in blood and occupational noise-induced hearing loss in steel workers

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-49

  Hwang, Yaw Huei ^a   Chiang, Han Yueh ^a   Yen Jean, Mei Chu ^b,c   Wang, Jung Der ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b E DA HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hearing loss; Lead; Metal; Noise; Steel industry

Indexed keywords

BLOOD LEAD; BLOOD SAMPLES; DATA ANALYSIS; HEARING LOSS; HEARING THRESHOLD; HUMAN HEARING; LEAD EXPOSURE; LEADED GASOLINE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELS; LOW LEVEL; NOISE; NOISE LEVELS; OCCUPATIONAL NOISE; ODDS RATIOS; PERSONAL INFORMATION; PURE TONES; RESEARCH NEEDS; SOUND FREQUENCY; SOUND LEVEL METER; STEEL INDUSTRY; STEEL PLANT; WORKING ZONES;

ARSENIC; AUDITION; BLOOD; CADMIUM; IRON AND STEEL PLANTS; MANGANESE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STEELMAKING; ZINC;

LEAD;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MANGANESE; ZINC;

ABNORMALITY; BLOOD; HEARING; HEAVY METAL; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; LEAD; NOISE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THRESHOLD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BLOOD SAMPLING; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STEEL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70350619053     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.09.016     Document Type: Article

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