Occupational noise exposure assessment using O*NET and its application to a study of hearing loss in the US general population

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 176-183

  Choi, Yoon Hyeong ^a   Hu, Howard ^a   Tak, SangWoo ^b   Mukherjee, Bhramar ^a   Park, Sung Kyun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FIREARM; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL INFORMATION NETWORK NOISE EXPOSURE DATA; OCCUPATIONAL SCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RECREATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; NUTRITION SURVEYS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863178773     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2011.064758     Document Type: Article

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