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International Journal of Community & Family Medicine Volume 1 (2016), Article ID 1:IJCFM-121, 2 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-3498/2016/121
Commentary
Determination of Professional Musicians’Level of Exposure to Noise: A Methodological Problem?

Matilde A. Rodrigues

Department of Environmental Health, Research Centre on Environment and Health, Health School of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Prof. Matilde A. Rodrigues, Department of Environmental Health, Research Centre on Environment and Health, Health School of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Porto, Portugal; E-mail: mar@ess.ipp.pt
28 November 2016; 02 December 2016; 05 December 2016
Rodrigues MA (2016) Determination of Professional Musicians’Level of Exposure to Noise: A Methodological Problem? Int J Community Fam Med 1: 121. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-3498/2016/121
© 2016 Rodrigues. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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