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Medico-legal aspects of occupational hearing loss

✍ Scribed by R.R.A. Coles; A.M. Martin

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1973
Tongue: English
Weight: 380 KB
Volume: 28
Category: Article
ISSN: 0022-460X
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-460x(73)80031-8

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✦ Synopsis

The past decade has been a period of very rapid change and development in the medicolegal situation with respect to occupational hearing loss in the United Kingdom. The situation at present is still a developing one. This brief review describes the events, and their causes, that have led to the present situation and points out the trends that are likely to determine future development.

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