Response to Dobie et al. Letter, ‘Exchange Rate and Risk of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in Construction Workers’

Details

• Personal Author:
  Mukherjee B ; Neitzel R ; Roberts BJ ; Seixas, Noah S.
• Description:
  We thank Dobie et al. for their letter and the additional discussion around this important issue. However, we believe that Dobie et al. have mischaracterized or misrepresented multiple aspects of our study. We hope this response will help clarify these issues for Dobie et al. and other readers. This letter to the editor is a response to the following: Dobie RA, Clark WW, Kallogjeri D, Spitznagel EL. Exchange rate and risk of noise-induced hearing loss in construction workers. Ann Work Expo Health 2018 Nov; 62(9): 1176-1178 https://doi.org/10.1093/annweh/wxy073. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Radiation Dosimeters Safety
• Keywords:
  Construction Industry Dosimetry Exposure Assessment Noise Exposure Noise Induced Hearing Loss Statistical Analysis
• ISSN:
  2398-7308
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; Michigan ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  62
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20055208
• Citation:
  Ann Work Expo Health 2018 Nov; 62(9):1179-1181
• Contact Point Address:
  Benjamin James Roberts, Cardno ChemRisk, 30 North LaSalle, Street Suite 3910, Chicago, IL 60602, USA
• Email:
  benjamin.roberts@cardno.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Annals of Work Exposures and Health
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/217562/cdc_217562_DS1.pdf
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