Pandemonium in the Modern Hospital

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 328, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 433-437

  Grumet, Gerald W ^a  

^a ROCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; COGNITION; HEARING ACUITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; NOISE POLLUTION; NOISE STANDARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; STARTLE REFLEX; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ACOUSTICS; AROUSAL; COGNITION; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HOSPITALS; HUMAN; MENTAL PROCESSES; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; PATIENTS; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; SLEEP DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0027452811     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199302113280612     Document Type: Editorial

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