Noise and hand-arm vibration exposure in relation to the risk of hearing loss

Noise and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 59, 2012, Pages 159-165

  Pettersson, Hans ^a   Burström, Lage ^a   Hagberg, Mats ^b   Lundström, Ronnie ^a   Nilsson, Tohr ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c SUNDSVALL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Combined exposure; hand arm vibration; hearing loss; noise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; INDUSTRY; MALE; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN; VIBRATION DISEASE;

ADULT; HAND-ARM VIBRATION SYNDROME; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84866635532     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.99887     Document Type: Article

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