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Original Article

Noise-exposed Male Sheet-metal Workers Using Hearing Protectors: A Longitudinal Study of Hearing Threshold Shifts Covering Fifteen Years

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Pages 123-128 | Received 03 May 1993, Accepted 26 Aug 1993, Published online: 12 Oct 2009

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