Noise and the quality of sleep in two hospitals in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 515-520

  Pimentel Souza, F ^a   Carvalho, J C ^a   Siqueira, A L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hospital; Noise; Patient; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP;

EID: 0030121950     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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