Archives of Medical Research
Volume 35, Issue 6 , Pages 517-521 , November 2004

Occupational safety: effects of workplace radiofrequencies on hearing function

  • M. Faruk Oktay

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology
  • ,
  • Suleyman Dasdag

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biophysics, School of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Prof. Suleyman Dasdag, Department of Biophysics, School of Medicine, Dicle University, 21280 Diyarbakir, Turkey. Phone: +90 412 248 80 89
  • ,
  • Mesut Akdere

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Resource Development
  • ,
  • Sebahattin Cureoglu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
  • ,
  • Musa Cebe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology
  • ,
  • Mehmet Yazicioglu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology
  • ,
  • Ismail Topcu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology
  • ,
  • Faruk Meric

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology

Received 15 December 2003 ,Accepted 2 July 2004.

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PII: S0188-4409(04)00142-0

doi: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2004.11.011

Archives of Medical Research
Volume 35, Issue 6 , Pages 517-521 , November 2004