Noise-induced hearing loss in construction workers being assessed for hand-arm vibration syndrome

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 226-229

  House, Ronald A ^a,b   Sauvé, John T ^a   Jiang, Depeng ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Construction; Hearing; Noise; Vibration; VWF

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CANADA; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; HAND ARM VIBRATION SYNDROME; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HAND-ARM VIBRATION SYNDROME; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ONTARIO;

EID: 77957258857     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404378     Document Type: Article

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