Audibility of signals and alarms in a coast guard environment

Canadian Acoustics - Acoustique Canadienne

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 114-115

  Laroche, Chantal ^a   Hodgson, Murray ^b   Ritmiller, Laurel ^c   Forshaw, Stanley ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c CANTEST Ltd   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

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EID: 0041125551     PISSN: 07116659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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