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Assessing chemical risks at the workplace can include a chemicals measurement step whose aim is to assess the exposures of the workers. In order to perform exposure diagnostic assessments that are representative of the risks, the measurements…

Some volatile aromatic solvents have similar or opposite effects to anesthetics in the central nervous system. Like for anesthetics, the mechanisms of action involved are currently the subject of debate. The purpose of this in vivo study was…

At workplaces, noise that is low-frequency rich is omnipresent and it can be associated with solvents, such as carbon disulphide, for example. That solvent, which is used in manufacturing cellulose and more particularly viscose, is known to give…

Abstract
Introduction
Occupational noise exposure can damage workers' hearing, particularly when combined with exposure to chemicals such as styrene. Although styrene-induced cochlear impairments become apparent after a long incubation…

Introduction
Occupational noise exposure can damage workers' hearing, particularly when combined with exposure to chemicals such as styrene. Although styrene-induced cochlear impairments become apparent after a long incubation period…

Outline of reasons and objectives
In its recommendations on protecting the hearing of employees exposed to noise of occupational origin, the Noise Directive 2003/10/EC does not take into account the nature of the noise, i.e. whether it is steady-state…

The olivocochlear and stapedial reflexes are both involved in hearing physiology: the first one is mainly dedicated to the high frequency discrimination, whereas the second protects the cochlea by contracting the middle-ear muscles. In the…