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Vol 71, No 4 (2020)
Letter to the Editor
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Published online: 2020-12-30
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About the relationship between ship noise and the occurrence of arterial hypertension in seafarers

Dominique Jégaden1, David Lucas21
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Pubmed: 33394499
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IMH 2020;71(4):301.
Affiliations
  1. French Society for Maritime Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Western Brittany, Brest, France
  2. Centre for Professional and Environmental Pathologies, Morvan Teaching Hospital (CHRU), Brest, France

open access

Vol 71, No 4 (2020)
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Submitted: 2020-11-13
Accepted: 2020-11-13
Published online: 2020-12-30

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Keywords

noise; hearing loss; arterial hypertension; seafarers

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Title

About the relationship between ship noise and the occurrence of arterial hypertension in seafarers

Journal

International Maritime Health

Issue

Vol 71, No 4 (2020)

Article type

Letter to the Editor

Pages

301

Published online

2020-12-30

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826

Article views/downloads

767

DOI

10.5603/IMH.2020.0053

Pubmed

33394499

Bibliographic record

IMH 2020;71(4):301.

Keywords

noise
hearing loss
arterial hypertension
seafarers

Authors

Dominique Jégaden
David Lucas

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