Effect of noise exposure on occupational injuries: A cross-sectional study

Journal of Research in Health Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 101-104

  Amjad Sardrudi, Hossein ^a   Dormohammadi, Ali ^a   Golmohammadi, Rostam ^b   Poorolajal, Jalal ^b  

^a HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran; Noise hearing loss; Occupational injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DEAFNESS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUND PRESSURE; VOLUNTEER; WORKPLACE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; RISK; SAFETY; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; ODDS RATIO; SAFETY; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871499386     PISSN: 16822765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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