Association between combined occupational exposure to coal dust and noise and high-frequency hearing loss among workers: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthBackgroundOccupational environments contain a wide variety of harmful factors, with noise often coexisting with other physical, chemical factors, leading to combined exposure that may increase the risk of hearing impairment among workers. This study aims
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Occupational Noise Exposure and Cardiovascular Function and Lipid Profile in the Garment Industry in Egypt: A Comparative Cross-sectional Study [PDF]
Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public HealthObjectives Occupational noise exposure is a widespread hazard across multiple industries. However, the association between occupational noise exposure and cardiovascular health outcomes remains inconclusive.
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Comparative analysis of audiometric and impedancemetric findings in workers exposed to the effects of various duration industrial noise [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2010 Background/Aim. Industrial noise is produced in workshops due to factory machinery and tools used in technological processes. It has detrimental effect to primarily the organ of the sense of hearing, thus damaging hearing in oversensitive subjects.
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Association of occupational noise exposure with hypertension: A cross‐sectional study
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 2023 The effects of chronic occupational noise exposure on hypertension are debated. We aimed to investigate the association between occupational noise exposure and the prevalence of hypertension.
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Research on the Occupational Noise Exposure Health Risk Management Standard [PDF]
Journal of Risk Analysis and Crisis Response (JRACR), 2018 To prevent and control the occupational noise hazard, procedures and methods of risk assessment and management of occupational noise hazard in the workplaces have been proposed as technical guidelines in the new standard “Risk Management Guidelines for ...
Minyan Li, Deyin Huang, Qian Zhang
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South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 2020 Background: The significance of how occupational noise can influence attitudes towards occupational noise exposure, susceptibility to hearing loss and job performance has generally been neglected in the past studies.
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Occupational Noise Exposure and the Risk of Stroke [PDF]
Stroke, 2013 Background and Purpose— Traffic noise <60 dB(A) has been associated with an increased risk of stroke. We investigated this relationship for 80 to 86 dB(A) occupational noise. Methods— We followed 116 568 industrial and 47 679 financial workers by linkage to Danish registries 2001
Stokholm, Zara Ann +4 more
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Impact of a hearing conservation programs on occupational noise-induced hearing loss
Revista CEFAC, 2022 Purpose: to analyze the impact of a Hearing Conservation Program on occupational noise-induced hearing loss in a metallurgical plant. Methods: a longitudinal case study (2003-2018) was carried out and a Hearing Conservation Program assessed with ...
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