Exposição ocupacional ao ruído e acidentes do trabalho
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2006-10-16
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Dias, Adriano [UNESP]
Cordeiro, Ricardo
Gonçalves, Cláudia Giglio de Oliveira
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The purpose of this study was to verify whether occupational noise exposure is a significant risk factor for work accidents in the city of Piracicaba, São Paulo State, Brazil. This hospital-based case-control study included 600 workers aged 15-60 who suffered typical occupational accidents between May and October 2004 and were seen at the Piracicaba Orthopedics and Trauma Center. The control group comprised 822 workers, aged 15-60, who were also seen at the Center, and either had a non-occupational accident or were accompanying someone who had suffered an accident. A multiple logistic regression model was adjusted with work accident as an independent variable, controlled by covariables of interest such as noise exposure. The risk of having a work accident was about twice as high among workers exposed to noise, after controlling for several covariables. Occupational noise exposure not only affected auditory health status but was also a risk factor for work accidents.
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Occupational Accidents, Occupational Noise, Occupational Risks, adolescent, adult, Brazil, epidemiology, female, human, industrial noise, male, middle aged, occupational accident, occupational exposure, statistics, Accidents, Occupational, Adolescent, Adult, Epidemiologic Methods, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Noise, Occupational, Occupational Exposure
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Cadernos de Saude Publica, v. 22, n. 10, p. 2125-2130, 2006.