Hearing impairment in F-111 maintenance workers: The study of health outcomes in aircraft maintenance personnel (SHOAMP) general health and medical study

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1159-1169

  Guest, Maya ^a   Boggess, May ^b   Attia, John ^a   D'Este, Catherine ^a   Brown, Anthony ^c   Gibson, Richard ^a   Tavener, Meredith ^a   Gardner, Ian ^d   Harrex, Warren ^e   Horsley, Keith ^e   Ross, James ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d Defence Centre for Occupational Health   (Australia)

^e Department of Veterans' Affairs ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Depressive disorders; Hearing loss; Maintenance; Military service; Noise induced hearing loss; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

SOLVENT;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; AUDIOMETRY; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOLVENTS;

EID: 77958460158     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20867     Document Type: Article

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