Prevalence of occupational noise induced hearing loss amongst traffic police personnel
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Prevalence of noise induced hearing loss among traffic police personnel of Kathmandu Metropolitan City.
BACKGROUND Noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) is a major preventable occupational health hazard. OBJECTIVE To measure permanent threshold shift in traffic police personnel due to noise exposure and to examine whether it was associated with duration of noise exposure, years of work and risk factors. METHODS Cross sectional, descriptive study conducted at Dhulikhel hospital, Kathmandu Universi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0019-5421,0973-7707
DOI: 10.1007/bf02997985