The effect of a hearing conservation program on adolescents′ attitudes towards noise

Noise and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 56, 2012, Pages 39-44

  Dell, Shawna M ^a   Holmes, Alice E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; attitudes; hearing conservation programs; noise

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NOISE INJURY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84859538558     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.93333     Document Type: Article

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