Use of historical data and a novel metric in the evaluation of the effectiveness of hearing conservation program components

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 510-517

  Heyer, Nicholas ^a   Morata, Thais C ^b   Pinkerton, Lynne E ^b   Brueck, Scott E ^b   Stancescu, Daniel ^b   Panaccio, Mary Prince ^b   Kim, Hyoshin ^a   Sinclair, J Stephen ^c   Waters, Martha A ^b   Estill, Cherie F ^b   Franks, John R ^b  

^a BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DATA BASE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEARING CONSERVATION PROGRAM; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NOISE MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAINING;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUTOMOBILES; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 79958264650     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.053801     Document Type: Article

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