Community response to noise: A review of factors influencing the relationship between noise exposure and reaction

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 991-1001

  Job, R F S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT NOISE; HUMAN; NOISE; NOISE POLLUTION; REACTION TIME; REVIEW;

EID: 0023917402     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.396524     Document Type: Article

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