A business case evaluation of workplace engineering noise control: A net-cost model

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 329-337

  Lahiri, Supriya ^a   Low, Colleen ^b   Barry, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b WHO Collaborating Centre   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DATA ANALYSIS; EMPLOYER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL CARE; NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE POLLUTION; NOISE REDUCTION; OCCUPATIONAL DEAFNESS; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORKPLACE; WORKPLACE INTERVENTIONS NET COST CALCULATOR;

EID: 79953061390     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31820d19c0     Document Type: Article

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