Prevalence and characteristics of hearing problems in a working and non-working Swedish population

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 453-460

  Hasson, D ^a,b   Theorell, T ^b   Westerlund, H ^b   Canlon, B ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEARING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN;

SWEDEN;

EID: 77952081116     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.095430     Document Type: Article

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