An observed relationship between vestibular function and auditory thresholds in aircraft-maintenance workers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 146-152

  Guest, Maya ^a   Boggess, May ^b   D'Este, Catherine ^a   Attia, John ^a   Brown, Anthony ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC SOLVENT;

ADULT; AIRPLANE CREW; ARMY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE; NOISE POLLUTION; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; TINNITUS; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 79952195382     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318204fa7f     Document Type: Article

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