Noise exposure and serious injury to active sawmill workers in British Columbia.

Abstract

Workers highly exposed to noise, or exposed for long periods of time, might develop effective methods of communicating the risk and preventing injuries when exposed to noise.

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Subjects

• Accidents, Occupational
• Adult
• British Columbia
• Female
• Humans
• Industry
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Noise, Occupational
• Occupational Exposure
• Retrospective Studies
• Time Factors
• Wood

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Authors

• Rakel N Kling
• Paul A Demers
• Hasanat Alamgir
• Hugh W Davies

Publication date

2012-02-13

Journal

Journal topics

• Environmental Exposure
• Environmental Health
• Occupational Diseases
• Occupational Health

Language

Eng.

Copyright

Occupational and environmental medicine

School Environmental Health, University of British Columbia, 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada. rklin090 [at] uottawa.ca

Release reference

Occup Environ Med. 2012 Mar;69(3):211-6

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