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[Contemporary state of occupational deafness in Russian Federation]. 2008

E N Il'kaeva

The author analyzed occupational hearing disorders through its dynamics, industry-wise peculiarities and place in occupational morbidity in Russian Federation over 2002-2007. Over this period neurosensory deafness was diagnosed in representatives of 329 occupations, mostly in aviation workers, underground workers, stationary machine and device operators, automobile transport workers. With average incidence of new cases at nearly 1,500 per year, actual level of neurosensory deafness morbidity corresponds to 0,005% maximal risk of occupational hearing disturbance.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009017	Morbidity	The proportion of patients with a particular disease during a given year per given unit of population.	Morbidities
D009623	Noise, Occupational	Noise present in occupational, industrial, and factory situations.	Occupational Noise,Noises, Occupational,Occupational Noises
D009784	Occupational Diseases	Diseases caused by factors involved in one's employment.	Diseases, Occupational,Occupational Illnesses,Disease, Occupational,Illnesse, Occupational,Illnesses, Occupational,Occupational Disease,Occupational Illnesse
D003638	Deafness	A general term for the complete loss of the ability to hear from both ears.	Deafness Permanent,Hearing Loss Permanent,Prelingual Deafness,Deaf Mutism,Deaf-Mutism,Deafness, Acquired,Hearing Loss, Complete,Hearing Loss, Extreme,Acquired Deafness,Complete Hearing Loss,Deafness, Prelingual,Extreme Hearing Loss,Permanent, Deafness,Permanent, Hearing Loss,Permanents, Deafness
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012426	Russia	A country located in north Asia bordering the Arctic Ocean, extending from Europe (the portion west of the Urals) to the North Pacific Ocean. The capital is Moscow.	Russian S.F.S.R.,Russian Federation (Europe),Russian SFSR