Incidence and relative risk of hearing disorders in professional musicians

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 472-476

  Schink, Tania ^a   Kreutz, Gunter ^b   Busch, Veronika ^c   Pigeot, Iris ^a,c   Ahrens, Wolfgang ^a,c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSICIAN; NOISE; NOISEINDUCED HEARING LOSS; OCCUPATIONAL DEAFNESS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; SOCIAL INSURANCE; TINNITUS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; TINNITUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902356838     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2014-102172     Document Type: Article

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