Noise-induced hearing loss in workers exposed to urban stressors

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 463-464, Issue , 2013, Pages 302-308

  Caciari, Tiziana ^a   Rosati, Maria Valeria ^a   Casale, Teodorico ^a   Loreti, Beatrice ^a   Sancini, Angela ^a   Riservato, Roberto ^a   Nieto, Hector A ^b   Frati, Paola ^a   Tomei, Francesco ^a   Tomei, Gianfranco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Air pollutants; Hearing loss; Noise; Ototoxicity; Outdoor indoor workers; Traffic policemen

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANTS; HEARING LOSS; NOISE; OTOTOXICITY; OUTDOOR-INDOOR WORKERS; TRAFFIC POLICEMEN;

AIR POLLUTION; NOISE POLLUTION; SPEECH RECOGNITION;

AUDITION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEARING; NOISE POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; URBAN POLLUTION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NOISE POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OTOTOXICITY; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; TRAFFIC NOISE; TREND STUDY; URBAN AREA; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; HEARING LOSS; NOISE; OTOTOXICITY; OUTDOOR-INDOOR WORKERS; TRAFFIC POLICEMEN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUDIOMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POLICE; RISK FACTORS;

ITALY;

EID: 84880000415     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.06.009     Document Type: Article

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