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ArticleIndian journal of occupational and environmental medicine

Effect of Combined Exposure to Noise and Vibration on Hearing.

Ziba Loukzadeh, Soudabe Shahrad, Ahmad Shojaoddiny-Ardekani, Amir Houshang Mehrparvar, Majid Alamdarian

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Article in Indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ziba LoukzadehDepartment of Occupational Medicine, Industrial Diseases Research Center, Center of Excellence for Occupational Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
Soudabe ShahradDepartment of Occupational Medicine, Industrial Diseases Research Center, Center of Excellence for Occupational Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
Ahmad Shojaoddiny-ArdekaniDepartment of Occupational Medicine, Industrial Diseases Research Center, Center of Excellence for Occupational Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
Amir Houshang MehrparvarDepartment of Occupational Medicine, Industrial Diseases Research Center, Center of Excellence for Occupational Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
Majid AlamdarianDepartment of Occupational Medicine, Industrial Diseases Research Center, Center of Excellence for Occupational Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimThis study was conducted to examine the effect(s) of combined exposure to whole-body vibration (WBV) and noise in railway workers.

methodsIn this historical cohort study, train drivers with combined exposure to WBV and impermissible noise as the case group (

resultsThere was no significant difference between the groups for age of participants as well as work duration and body mass index. Increased hearing threshold was most frequently observed at 3000, 4000, and 6000 Hz. STS and hearing threshold shift at high frequencies were observed at 6.0% and 3.3%, and 8.2% and 26.7% in train drivers and shunters in the left ear, respectively, but these were not statistically significant.

conclusionDespite the unauthorized exposure to noise and WBV of train drivers, the STS and hearing threshold shift at higher frequencies were not more prevalent compared with the shunters who were exposed only to impermissible noise levels; hence, no association was found between noise and vibration in this study.

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Hearing lossnoisestandard threshold shifttrain driverswhole-body vibration

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PMID31920261
PMCPMC6941339
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