Musicians′ ability to judge the risk of acquiring noise induced hearing loss

Noise and Health

Volumn 15, Issue 64, 2013, Pages 199-203

  Hagerman, Björn ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Judgement; musician; noise induced hearing loss; sound level

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MALE; MUSIC; NOISE INJURY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MUSIC; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878861488     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.112376     Document Type: Article

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