Hearing protection device usage at a South African gold mine

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 72-74

  Hansia, Mohammed Rashaad ^a   Dickinson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Gold mine workers; Hearing defenders; Hearing loss; Personal protective equipment training

Indexed keywords

GOLD;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MINING; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH AFRICA; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GOLD; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MINING; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77949924601     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqp114     Document Type: Article

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