Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Volume. 42, Issue 7, 800(2025)

A preliminary study on developing statistical distribution table of hearing threshold deviation for otologically normal Chinese adults

WU Linjie1, LI Yang1, LIU Haiying2, ZENG Anke1, LI Jinzhe3, QIU Wei4, ZOU Hua5, YE Meng1, and ZHANG Meibian1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1National Institute for Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China
  • 2School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230032, China
  • 3Occupational Health Institute, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China
  • 4Research Center for Occupational Health, Yangtze Delta Region Institute of Tsinghua University, Jiaxing, Zhejiang 314006, China
  • 5Occupational Health and Radiation Protection Institute, Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310051, China
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    Received: Nov. 10, 2024

    Accepted: Aug. 25, 2025

    Published Online: Aug. 25, 2025

    The Author Email: ZHANG Meibian (zhangmb@niohp.chinacdc.cn)

    DOI:10.11836/jeom24554

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