A multicenter study on the audiometric findings of styrene-exposed workers

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 652-660

  Morata, Thais C ^a   Sliwinska Kowalska, Mariola ^b   Johnson, Ann Christin ^c   Starck, Jukka ^d   Pawlas, Krystyna ^e   Zamyslowska Szmytke, Ewa ^b   Nylen, Per ^f   Toppila, Esko ^d   Krieg, Edward ^a   Pawlas, Natalia ^e   Prasher, Deepak ^g  

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

^b NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^e INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Poland)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^g ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hearing loss; Noise; Otologically unscreened; Pure tone audiometry

Indexed keywords

SOLVENT; STYRENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NOISE; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOLVENTS; STYRENE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052873223     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2011.588965     Document Type: Article

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