Cigarette smoking and occupational noise-induced hearing loss

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 452-455

  Mohammadi, Saber ^a   Mazhari, Mohammad Mahdi ^b   Mehrparvar, Amir Houshang ^c   Attarchi, Mir Saeed ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Aviation Medicine Center of Sepah's Air Force   (Iran)

^c SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

hearing loss; noise; occupational exposure; smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; IRAN; MALE; MATERIALS; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING;

EID: 77955046693     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp167     Document Type: Article

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