Occupational exposure to noise and the prevalence of hearing loss in a Belgian military population: A cross-sectional study

Noise and Health

Volumn 13, Issue 50, 2011, Pages 64-70

  Collee, Audrey ^a   Legrand, Catherine ^b   Govaerts, Bernadette ^b   Der Veken Paul, Van ^c   De Boodt, Frank ^d   Degrave, Etienne ^a  

^a Department of Defense   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c QUEEN ASTRID MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d Staff Department Well Being   (Belgium)

Author keywords

High frequency hearing loss; military personnel; occupational noise; prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RISK; SOLDIER; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BELGIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650646056     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.73997     Document Type: Article

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