Combined effects of ototoxic solvents and noise on hearing in automobile plant workers in Iran

Arhiv za Higijenu Rada i Toksikologiju

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 267-274

  Mohammadi, Saber ^a   Labbafinejad, Yasser ^a   Attarchi, Mirsaeed ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

assembly line; hearing loss; occupational exposure; paint shop

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; BENZENE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; IRAN; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OTOTOXICITY; PAINT INDUSTRY; SOUND PRESSURE;

ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; AUTOMOBILES; HEARING LOSS; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOLVENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957156926     PISSN: 00041254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/10004-1254-61-2010-2013     Document Type: Article

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