Occupational Exposure to Noise Pollution in Anesthesiology;Exposição Ocupacional a Poluição Sonora em Anestesiologia

Revista Brasileira de Anestesiologia

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 253-261

  Oliveira, Carlos Rogério Degrandi ^a   Arenas, Gilberto Walter Nogueira ^a  

^a CET of Santa Casa de Santos ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anesthesia Department, Hospital; Occupational Exposure, Noise, Occupational

Indexed keywords

ALARM MONITOR; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LAW; NOISE POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATING ROOM; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SOUND INTENSITY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; VENTILATOR;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; BRAZIL; HUMANS; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 84858609576     PISSN: 00347094     EISSN: 1806907X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-7094(12)70123-X     Document Type: Article

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