PREVALENCE OF NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS IN EMPLOYEES IN SHIRAZ INDUSTRIAL FACTORIES

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  • A. FARAMARZI Department of Otolaryngology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. Iran,
  • A. SADEGHI HASSANABADI Department of Community Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
  • M. KAVIANI Department of Otolaryngology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. Iran,
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volume 20  issue 1

pages  49- 51

publication date 2006-05

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