Uncertainties associated with noise dosimeters in mining

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1571-1576

  Giardino, Dennis A ^a   Seiler, John P ^a  

^a United States Department of Labor   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MINING; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE STANDARD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029792853     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.416025     Document Type: Article

References (9)

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6. See Ref. 3.
7. Code of Federal Regulations, 30 CFR Part 70.506(b)(1) (1995).
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9. See Ref. 3, p. 26.