Noise exposure reconstruction and evaluation of exposure trends in two large automotive plants

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1091-1104

  Brueck, Scott E ^a   Panaccio, Mary Prince ^a   Stancescu, Daniel ^a   Woskie, Susan ^b   Estill, Cheryl ^a   Waters, Martha ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Automobile industry; Noise; Retrospective exposure assessment; Task based exposure

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING; HEARING CONSERVATION PROGRAM; IN-PLANT OPERATIONS; NOISE; NOISE LEVEL REDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE EXPOSURE ASSESSMENTS; TASK BASED APPROACH; TASK-BASED;

AUDITION; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

NOISE POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; TASK-BASED EXPOSURE; TIME;

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; NOISE; RETROSPECTIVE EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; TASK-BASED EXPOSURE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84891890028     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/met035     Document Type: Article

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