Occupational noise exposure: A review of its effects, epidemiology, and impact with recommendations for reducing its burden

CL Themann, EA Masterson - The Journal of the acoustical society of …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Exposure to hazardous noise is one of the most common occupational risks, both in the US
and worldwide. Repeated overexposure to noise at or above 85 dBA can cause permanent …

Occupational noise exposure and hearing: a systematic review

A Lie, M Skogstad, HA Johannessen, T Tynes… - International archives of …, 2016 - Springer
Purpose To give a systematic review of the development of noise-induced hearing loss
(NIHL) in working life. Methods A literature search in MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science …

Estimation of differential occupational risk of COVID‐19 by comparing risk factors with case data by occupational group

M Zhang - American journal of industrial medicine, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background The disease burden of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) is not uniform
across occupations. Although healthcare workers are well‐known to be at increased risk …

Environmental cadmium and lead exposures and hearing loss in US adults: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999 to 2004

YH Choi, H Hu, B Mukherjee, J Miller… - Environmental health …, 2012 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Although cadmium and lead are known risk factors for hearing loss in animal
models, few epidemiologic studies have been conducted on their associations with hearing …

Prenatal socioeconomic status and social support are associated with neonatal brain morphology, toddler language and psychiatric symptoms

MN Spann, R Bansal, X Hao, TS Rosen… - Child …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Few studies have assessed the association of parental socioeconomic status (SES) with
brain measures in neonates, at a time when exposure to the postnatal environment is …

[HTML][HTML] Antioxidant vitamins and magnesium and the risk of hearing loss in the US general population

YH Choi, JM Miller, KL Tucker, H Hu, SK Park - The American journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background: The protective effects of antioxidant vitamins on hearing loss are well
established in animal studies but in few human studies. Recent animal studies suggest that …

Environmental exposures to lead, mercury, and cadmium and hearing loss in adults and adolescents: KNHANES 2010–2012

YH Choi, SK Park - Environmental Health Perspectives, 2017 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: The prevalence of hearing loss increases rapidly with aging. Hearing loss is
common in all age groups, even in young adults and adolescents. A growing body of …

Noise-induced hearing loss in Korean workers: co-exposure to organic solvents and heavy metals in nationwide industries

YH Choi, KS Kim - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background Noise exposure is a well-known contributor to work-related hearing loss.
Recent biological evidence suggests that exposure to ototoxic chemicals such as organic …

Long-term exposure to ambient air pollutants and hearing loss in Korean adults

MJ Ju, SK Park, SY Kim, YH Choi - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Hearing loss is the most prevalent sensory deficit globally, and its prevalence
has been growing at a rapid pace, mainly due to aging population. Although there is plentiful …

The network structure of occupations: fragmentation, differentiation, and contagion

KH Lin, K Hung - American Journal of Sociology, 2022 - journals.uchicago.edu
Occupational structure is commonly viewed as either hierarchical or organized around
stable classes. Yet, recent studies have proposed to describe occupational structure as a …