Effect of combined occupational exposure to noise and organic solvents on hearing

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 901-907

  Metwally, Fateheya Mohamed ^a   Aziz, Hisham Mohamed ^a   Mahdy Abdallah, Heba ^a   Elgelil, Khaled Said Abd ^a   El Tahlawy, Eman M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

combined exposure; hearing; noise; Occupational exposure; organic solvents

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ACETONE; ALCOHOL; HYDROCARBON; ORGANIC SOLVENT; THINNER; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED HEARING LOSS; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOLVENTS;

EID: 84868098860     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: 14770393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233711427051     Document Type: Article

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