Road traffic noise survey and analysis of some major urban centers in Nigeria

Noise Control Engineering Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 146-158

  Saadu, Abdullahi A ^a   Onyeonwu, Ronald O ^b   Ayorinde, Emmanuel O ^c   Ogisi, Festus O ^b  

^a Kwara State Polytechnic   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

^c Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; URBAN PLANNING;

ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE SURVEYS;

NOISE POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 0032119908     PISSN: 07362501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3397/1.2828467     Document Type: Article

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