Effect of simultaneous exposure to occupational noise and cigarette smoke on binaural hearing impairment

Noise and Health

Volumn 12, Issue 48, 2010, Pages 187-190

  Mohammadi, Saber ^a   Mazhari, Mohammad ^b   Mehrparvar, Amir ^b   Attarchi, Mir ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoking; hearing loss; noise; occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; INDUSTRY; IRAN; MALE; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77954606258     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.64975     Document Type: Article

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