Noise Pollution and Its Correlations with Occupational Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in Cement Plants in Vietnam

Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/8/4229" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/8/4229</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18084229" target="_blank" >10.3390/ijerph18084229</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Noise Pollution and Its Correlations with Occupational Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in Cement Plants in Vietnam
Original language description
Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) is a global issue that is caused by many factors. The purpose of this study was to survey noise level to identify NIHL and its relationship with other factors in cement plants in Vietnam. Noise level was measured at one cement plant and three cement grinding stations located in the South of Vietnam. The audiometric data of exposed workers were surveyed to determine NIHL. Finally, the relationship between NIHL and noise level in cement plants was determined. The results show that noise level in almost all processes exceeded the permissible exposure limit (PEL). In this study, 42 cases (10% of exposed workers) with occupational NIHL were found with mean age (SD) of 49 (9.0) years. All NIHL cases were found in the departments in which the noise level exceeded the PEL, which included quarry (n = 16), maintenance (n = 12), production (n = 10), co-waste processing (n = 3) and quality assurance (n = 1). There was a positive and significant correlation between the NIHL and the excessive noise exposure in the cement plants (r = 0.89, p = 0.04).
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
20401 - Chemical engineering (plants, products)

Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
ISSN
1660-4601
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
18
Issue of the periodical within the volume
8
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
1-8
UT code for WoS article
000644196800001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85104439234

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