Disruption of office-related tasks by speech and office noise

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 499-517

  Banbury, Simon ^a   Berry, Dianne C ^b  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032395182     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1998.tb02699.x     Document Type: Article

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