A weight of evidence approach for the assessment of the ototoxic potential of industrial chemicals

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 796-819

  Vyskocil, A ^a   Truchon, G ^b   Leroux, T ^a,c   Lemay, F ^b   Gendron, M ^a,c   Gagnon, F ^a   Majidi, N El ^a   Boudjerida, A ^a   Lim, S ^a   Emond, C ^a   Viau, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE ROBERT SAUVÉ EN SANTÉ ET EN SÉCURITÉ DU TRAVAIL   (Canada)

^c Institut Raymond Dewar   (Canada)

Author keywords

database; Industrial chemicals; interactions; noise; ototoxicity

Indexed keywords

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; ACRYLONITRILE; ALPHA METHYLSTYRENE; BUTANOL; CARBON DISULFIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CYANIDE; DICHLOROMETHANE; ENFLURANE; ETHYLBENZENE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXANE; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; LEAD; MERCURY DERIVATIVE; NICOTINE; PARA XYLENE; PARATHION; STYRENE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TIN DERIVATIVE; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; XYLENE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; DATA BASE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NOISE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DEAFNESS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OTOTOXICITY; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; WELDING FUME; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

ANIMALS; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; DNA DAMAGE; HEARING; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HEXANES; HUMANS; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUEBEC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLVENTS; STYRENE; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WORKPLACE; XYLENES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84866411332     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: 14770393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233711425067     Document Type: Article

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