Longitudinal assessment of noise exposure in a cohort of construction workers

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 906-916

  Neitzel, Richard L ^a   Stover, Bert ^a   Seixas, Noah S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

construction; exposure assessment; exposure variability; noise

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION WORKERS; CONTINUOUS EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE LIMITS; EXPOSURE VARIABILITY; EXPOSURE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; FULL-SHIFT; HEARING LOSS; HEARING SENSITIVITY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NOISE; NOISE EXPOSURE; NOISE MEASUREMENTS; PEAKINESS; POTENTIAL RISKS; PREDICTIVE VALUES; SUBJECTIVE INFORMATION; TASK-BASED; TWO SOURCES;

AUDITION; LONGITUDINAL CONTROL; NOISE POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RATING; RISK PERCEPTION;

ESTIMATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054747546     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mer050     Document Type: Article

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