Changes in the hearing status and noise injury prevention practices of Australian farmers from 1994 to 2008

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 127-142

  Depczynski, Julie ^a   Challinor, Kathy ^b   Fragar, Lyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Hunter New England Area Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Farmer; Hearing; Noise injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AUDIOMETRY; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953723467     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1059924X.2011.554770     Document Type: Article

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