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Relationship between occupational noise exposure and renal function impairment in oil workers
BackgroundThe current oil production determines oil workers’ occupational noise exposure. Without effective protection, noise will affect various aspects of worker’s body functions, including acting on the adrenal cortex system and resulting in renal ...
Zhe CHEN+11 more
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Background With a high prevalence of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), the noise survey tools for identifying individuals with high risk of NIHL are still limited.
Kun Han+7 more
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Exposure to occupational and environmental noise is closely linked to various auditory system diseases. Few studies have focused on the effect of noise exposure on the extra auditory system, especially the urinary system.
You Jin Kim+4 more
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Association of occupational noise exposure with hypertension: A cross‐sectional study
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.
Jin Wang+5 more
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Prevalence of tinnitus in noise-exposed workers and its influencing factors
Background Tinnitus is a common symptom in workers exposed to noise, and no specific treatment is available yet. Paying attention to the influencing factors of tinnitus is very important to prevent tinnitus.
Jianying ZHENG, Jinghan ZHU, Xuhui ZHANG
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Workplace noise exposure and the prevalence and 10-year incidence of age-related hearing loss.
There is paucity of population-based data on occupational noise exposure and risk of age-related hearing loss. Therefore, we assessed cross-sectional and longitudinal associations of past workplace noise exposure with hearing loss in older adults.
Bamini Gopinath+4 more
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The epidemiology of noise exposure in the Australian workforce
This work considers an alternate methodology for the estimation of the noise exposed population of the Australian workforce. Previous methods relied on the statistics from the annual rate of application for worker′s hearing loss compensation claims, the ...
Warwick Williams
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Anecdotally it has been suggested that exposure to some noise sources through leisure activities could have a significant effect on whole-of-life noise exposure.
W Williams, E F Beach, M Gilliver
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Noise exposure in healthcare workers
The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of noise in hospitals on healthcare workers, to develop recommendations for reducing noise in hospitals and to show why healthcare workers should be protected from noise exposure in hospitals.
Huseyin Deniz, Elif Tugba Sarac
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Aims: To survey current, Danish industrial noise levels and the use of hearing protection devices (HPD) over a 10-year period and to characterise the association between occupational noise and hearing threshold shift in the same period.
Thomas W Frederiksen+8 more
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