Occupational Hearing Loss among Chinese Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Workers: A Cross-Sectional Study

Yuewei Liu; Haijiao Wang; Shaofan Weng; Wenjin Su; Xin Wang; Yanfei Guo; Dan Yu; Lili Du; Ting Zhou; Weihong Chen; Tingming Shi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0128719

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Occupational Hearing Loss among Chinese Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Workers: A Cross-Sectional Study

Yuewei Liu,

Affiliations Institute of Health Surveillance, Analysis and Protection, Hubei Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan, Hubei, 430079, China, Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubating), Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China
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Haijiao Wang,

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubating), Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China
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Shaofan Weng,

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubating), Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China
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Wenjin Su,

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubating), Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China
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Xin Wang,

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubating), Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China
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Yanfei Guo,

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubating), Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China
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Dan Yu,

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubating), Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China
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Lili Du,

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubating), Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China
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Ting Zhou,

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubating), Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China
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Weihong Chen ,

* E-mail: tmingshi@163.com (TS); wchen@mails.tjmu.edu.cn (WC)

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubating), Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China
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Tingming Shi

* E-mail: tmingshi@163.com (TS); wchen@mails.tjmu.edu.cn (WC)

Affiliation Institute of Health Surveillance, Analysis and Protection, Hubei Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan, Hubei, 430079, China
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Occupational Hearing Loss among Chinese Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Workers: A Cross-Sectional Study

Yuewei Liu,
Haijiao Wang,
Shaofan Weng,
Wenjin Su,
Xin Wang,
Yanfei Guo,
Dan Yu,
Lili Du,
Ting Zhou,
Weihong Chen

Published: June 4, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0128719

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