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Changes in the mean hearing threshold levels in military aircraft maintenance conscripts

Won-Ju ParkDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun-gun, Republic of Korea
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Jai-Dong MoonDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun-gun, Republic of KoreaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 347-352 | Received 02 Sep 2015, Accepted 22 Dec 2015, Published online: 18 Apr 2016

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