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, 2015 Background: Noise is the most common agent of occupational exposure. It may induce both auditory and extraauditory dysfunction and increase the risk of work accidents.
Cordeiro, R, Dias, A
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Assessment of Hearing Health Among Adults in Rural Health Clinics
The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.Rural health clinics are a critical healthcare system tasked with improving health in rural communities. This study recruited 403 adults from 10 rural healthcare clinics throughout rural Kentucky, mostly within Appalachia, to screen for hearing loss and evaluate the utilization of diagnostic hearing healthcare and found that 70% of participants ...
Mit A. Patel +4 more
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Disorders induced by direct occupational exposure to noise: Systematic review
Noise and Health, 2016 Background: To review the available scientific literature about the effects on health by occupational exposure to noise. Materials and Methods: A systematic review of the retrieved scientific literature from the databases MEDLINE (via PubMed), ISI-Web of
Andrea Domingo-Pueyo +2 more
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Rules and recent trends for setting health-based occupational exposure limits for chemicals [PDF]
, 2015 The working environment is the special case of the non-natural environment created by man in which the increased production activity brings about the concentration of stimulators particularly aggressive to the human organism, such as chemical hazards ...
Jolanta Skowroń +3 more
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Socioeconomic Deprivation and Vocal Handicap in Adults With Voice Disorders
The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.This study examined the relationship between socioeconomic deprivation and quality of life as measured by the Voice Handicap Index (VHI) in adults with voice disorders. Patients living with socioeconomic deprivation experienced greater voice‐related handicap from voice disorders than those from more affluent backgrounds, even when controlling for ...
Robert Brinton Fujiki +1 more
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Worker exposure to noise during computer manufacturing: measurement and control [PDF]
, 2009 Includes bibliographical ...
Sheffer, Jennifer
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Patterns and Trends in OSHA Occupational Noise Exposure Measurements from 1979 to 2013
Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2018 Objectives Noise is one of the most common exposures, and occupational noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is highly prevalent. In addition to NIHL, noise is linked to numerous non-auditory health effects. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (
Stephanie K. Sayler +4 more
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Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Classifying abnormal tongue movements is challenging due to their varied presentations and limited visibility compared to other body parts. Accurate identification of the phenomenology guides physical examination and can point to specific diagnoses.
Nathaniel Bendahan +4 more
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BMC Public HealthObjectives This study aimed to investigate the synergistic effects of co-exposure to occupational heat and noise on multi-system health outcomes among Chinese workers, and to examine the mediating role of systemic inflammation, indicated by white blood ...
Minhua Li +7 more
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Effect of Noise Exposure on the Occupational Stress of Bus Drivers in Bojnourd, Iran in 2018
تحقیقات سلامت در جامعه, 2020 Introduction and purpose: Noise is one of the most harmful physical issues in a workplace that can cause stress. Transit bus drivers are exposed to environmental and bus noises that can act as stressors for them.
Ahmad Alizadeh larimi +3 more
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