Compensation claims for occupational noise induced hearing loss between 1998 and 2008: yearly incidence rates and trends in older workers

Abstract Objectives: To estimate yearly incidence rates for occupational noise induced hearing loss (ONIHL) claims and to describe occupational factors in relation to age for incident cases in Victoria, Australia, between 1998 and 2008. Methods: All compensation claims lodged for deafness between 1...

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Main Authors: Samia Radi, Geza Benke, Frederieke Schaafsma, Malcolm Sim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-04-01
Series:Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12460