Trends in worker hearing loss by industry sector, 1981-2010

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 392-401

  Masterson, Elizabeth A ^a   Deddens, James A ^a   Themann, Christa L ^a   Bertke, Stephen ^a   Calvert, Geoffrey M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Hazardous noise; Incidence; Material hearing impairment; Noise induced hearing loss; Occupational hearing loss; Prevalence; Surveillance; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BUILDING INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; INDUSTRY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL WORK; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924519549     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22429     Document Type: Article

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