High-frequency hearing loss, occupational noise exposure and hypertension: A cross-sectional study in male workers

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Chang, Ta Yuan ^a   Liu, Chiu Shong ^b   Huang, Kuei Hung ^a   Chen, Ren Yin ^a   Lai, Jim Shoung ^a   Bao, Bo Ying ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AIRCRAFT; BIOMARKER; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH RISK; HEARING; HYPERTENSION; MENS HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOISE POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; EMPLOYMENT DURATION; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDUSTRY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN;

AIRCRAFT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEARING LOSS, HIGH-FREQUENCY; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 79955016712     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-10-35     Document Type: Article

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