Calcutta Metro: Is it safe from noise pollution hazards?

Industrial Health

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-50

  Bhattacharya, Sunil Kumar ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Prabal ^a   Kashyap, Shri Kant ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

Control measures; Health risks; Noise; Underground rail

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; INDIA; NOISE POLLUTION; SOUND PRESSURE;

EID: 0030067941     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.34.45     Document Type: Article

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