Surveillance for work-related audiological disease in the UK: 1998-2006

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 226-233

  Money, A ^a   Carder, M ^a   Turner, S ^a   Hussey, L ^a   Agius, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audiological disorders; Noise induced hearing loss; Surveillance; Work related ill health

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957814015     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqr047     Document Type: Article

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