The epidemiology of noise exposure in the Australian workforce

Noise and Health

Volumn 15, Issue 66, 2013, Pages 326-331

  Williams, Warwick ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology of noise exposure; hearing loss; noise exposure; workplace noise

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; ARTICLE; STATISTICS;

AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 84883585870     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.116578     Document Type: Article

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