Hearing profile of gold miners with and without tuberculosis

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 243-249

  Brits, Janet ^a   Strauss, Susan ^a,b   Eloff, Zahan ^c   Becker, Piet J ^d,f   De Swanepoel, Wet ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Ear Institute   (South Africa)

^c AngloGold Ashanti Limited   (South Africa)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; AIR CONDUCTION; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDIOLOGY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOLD MINER; HEARING; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINER; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; GOLD; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84858033780     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2011-100106     Document Type: Article

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