Voice disorders in teachers and their associations with work-related factors: A systematic review

Journal of Communication Disorders

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 143-155

  Cantor Cutiva, Lady Catherine ^a   Vogel, Ineke ^a   Burdorf, Alex ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Occupational health; Systematic review; Teacher; Voice disorder

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPHONIA; HUMAN; NOISE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPEECH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEACHER; VOICE DISORDER; WORK;

FACULTY; HUMANS; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PREVALENCE; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 84877004202     PISSN: 00219924     EISSN: 18737994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2013.01.001     Document Type: Review

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