Protective effects of vitamins/antioxidants on occupational noise-induced hearing loss: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Occupational noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) due to industrial, military, and other job -related noise exposure can cause harmful health issues to occupied workers, but may also be potentially preventable. Vitamins/antioxidant have been studied as therapeutic strategies to prevent and/or delay the risks of human diseases as well as NIHL .So, this study was conducted to systematically review the protective effects of vitamins/antioxidants on occupational NIHL.

Methods

Online databases including PubMed/Medline, Scopus, Web of Science, EMBASE, Science Direct, and Google Scholar were systematically searched up to 12 January 2021. Based on 6336 potentially relevant records identified through the initial search in the databases, 12 full-text publications were retrieve

SUBMITTER: Abbasi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8011460 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature