Proposal of new limit values for occupational exposure to infrasonic noise in Poland

Journal of Low Frequency Noise Vibration and Active Control

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 183-193

  Pawlaczyk ŁUszczýnska, Malgorzata ^a   Kaczmarska Kozłowska, Anna ^b   Augustyńska, Danuta ^b   Kameduła, Maria ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^b Ctrl Inst for Labour Protection   (Poland)

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EID: 0034354785     PISSN: 14613484     EISSN: 20484046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/0263092001493029     Document Type: Article

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