Tracking occupational hearing loss across global industries: A comparative analysis of metrics

Noise and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 56, 2012, Pages 21-27

  Rabinowitz, Peter M ^a,b   Galusha, Deron ^a   McTague, Michael F ^a   Slade, Martin D ^a   Wesdock, James C ^a,b   Dixon Ernst, Christine ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALCOA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Hearing conservation; hearing loss; noise induced; standards

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM;

ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

ALUMINUM; AUDIOMETRY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (U.S.); NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859555824     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.93326     Document Type: Article

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