Occupational exposures to noise resulting from the workplace use of personal media players at a manufacturing facility

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 592-601

  Autenrieth, Daniel A ^a   Sandfort, Delvin R ^a   Lipsey, Tiffany ^a   Brazile, William J ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Industrial noise; Noise; Noise exposure; Personal media players; Personal stereos

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; INDUSTRY; MICROCOMPUTER; MOBILE PHONE; MP3 PLAYER; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CELLULAR PHONE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MICROCOMPUTERS; MP3-PLAYER; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84867174607     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2012.713768     Document Type: Article

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