Maternal occupational exposure to noise during pregnancy and hearing dysfunction in children: A nationwide prospective cohort study in Sweden

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 855-860

  Selander, Jenny ^a   Albin, Maria ^a,b,c   Rosenhall, Ulf ^d   Rylander, Lars ^c   Lewné, Marie ^a,b   Gustavsson, Per ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; TINNITUS; YOUNG ADULT; CHILD; HEARING DISORDERS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHILD; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84971526194     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1509874     Document Type: Article

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