N-Acetyl-cysteine against noise-induced temporary threshold shift in male workers

Hearing Research

Volumn 269, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 42-47

  Lin, Cheng Yu ^a,b   Wu, Jiunn Liang ^b   Shih, Tung Sheng ^c,d   Tsai, Perng Jy ^b   Sun, Yih Min ^e   Ma, Mi Chia ^f   Guo, Yueliang L ^g  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHUNG HWA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE M1; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE T1; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG RESPONSE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE INDUCED TEMPORARY TRESHOLD SHIFT; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GENOTYPE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956344860     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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