Add to ORKGIntroduction : Hearing impairment remains the main occupational health problem in the manufacturing industry, and its contributing factors have not been well controlled. Methods: Unmatched case control and comparative studies were carried out among fertilizer factory workers in Sarawak with the aim of determining contributing factors for hearing impairment. Respondents consisted of 49 cases that were diagnosed from 2005 to 2008 with 98 controls from the same work places. Chisquare test and Mann-Whitney test were used in a univariate analysis to determine the association between hearing impairment and the contributing risks being studied. Results : The results of the univariate analysis showed that hearing impairment was significantly (p<0.0...
Noise exposure in the working environment is a major cause of hearing impairment for workers; an aud...
Background & Objectives : Worker exposure conditions such as noise level, exposure duration, use of ...
Background Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is the most commonly reported occupational disease in...
Introduction : Hearing impairment remains the main occupational health problem in the manufacturing ...
Introduction: Hearing impairment remains the main occupational health problem in the manufacturing i...
Noise is an important occupational health hazard, with a high prevalence in the manufacturing indust...
Factories and Machinery (Noise Exposure) Regulation 1989 has always demanded employer to protect wor...
High levels of occupational noise exposure increase the risk of hearing difficulties and tinnitus. H...
Introduction: Almost 90% of the reported occupational diseases in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo were due t...
Background: Acute hearing loss due to noise and hearing impairment is one of the most common occupat...
Objective: Twenty-two million Americans or roughly 8% of the population are hearing impaired. This a...
Introduction: Noise is one of the most common and harmful physical factors in the working environmen...
<sec><title>OBJECTIVE:</title><p> To describe the prevalence and to analyze the factors associated w...
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) is one of the most common occupational d...
p. 48–53Background: Smoking has been shown to have adverse effects on hearing, but it’s unclear whet...
Noise exposure in the working environment is a major cause of hearing impairment for workers; an aud...
Background & Objectives : Worker exposure conditions such as noise level, exposure duration, use of ...
Background Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is the most commonly reported occupational disease in...
Introduction : Hearing impairment remains the main occupational health problem in the manufacturing ...
Introduction: Hearing impairment remains the main occupational health problem in the manufacturing i...
Noise is an important occupational health hazard, with a high prevalence in the manufacturing indust...
Factories and Machinery (Noise Exposure) Regulation 1989 has always demanded employer to protect wor...
High levels of occupational noise exposure increase the risk of hearing difficulties and tinnitus. H...
Introduction: Almost 90% of the reported occupational diseases in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo were due t...
Background: Acute hearing loss due to noise and hearing impairment is one of the most common occupat...
Objective: Twenty-two million Americans or roughly 8% of the population are hearing impaired. This a...
Introduction: Noise is one of the most common and harmful physical factors in the working environmen...
<sec><title>OBJECTIVE:</title><p> To describe the prevalence and to analyze the factors associated w...
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) is one of the most common occupational d...
p. 48–53Background: Smoking has been shown to have adverse effects on hearing, but it’s unclear whet...
Noise exposure in the working environment is a major cause of hearing impairment for workers; an aud...
Background & Objectives : Worker exposure conditions such as noise level, exposure duration, use of ...
Background Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is the most commonly reported occupational disease in...