Screening of dental staff nurses for noise induced hearing loss

B-ENT

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 245-249

  Daud, Mohd Khairi Md ^a   Noh, N F Md ^b   Sidek, D S ^a   Rahman, N Abd ^b   Rani, N Abd ^b   Zakaria, M N ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Dental staff; Hearing loss; Noise induced

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOISE INJURY; PREVALENCE; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; STAFF NURSE;

ADULT; AUDIOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL ASSISTANTS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84855692199     PISSN: 1781782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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