Physiological cost of energy-equivalent exposures to white noise, industrial noise, heavy metal music, and classical music

Noise Control Engineering Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 187-192

  Strasser, H ^a   Irle, H ^a   Scholz, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; WHITE NOISE;

CLASSICAL MUSIC; HEAVY METAL MUSIC;

AUDITION;

EID: 0033336389     PISSN: 07362501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3397/1.599303     Document Type: Article

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