Comparison of occupational noise legislation in the Americas: An overview and analysis

Noise and Health

Volumn 16, Issue 72, 2014, Pages 306-319

  Arenas, Jorge P ^a   Suter, Alice H ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Alice Suter and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Noise exposure; noise induced hearing loss prevention; occupational noise legislation; workplace noise

Indexed keywords

CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SOUND DETECTION; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907464312     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.140511     Document Type: Review

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