The sound exposure of the audience at a music festival

Noise and Health

Volumn 5, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 51-58

  Mercier, Vlasta ^a   Luy, D ^c   Hohmann, B W ^b  

^a FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

^b Swiss Natl Accident Ins O   (Switzerland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Music festivals; Music sound level exposure; Sound doses; Sound level measurements

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MONITORING; MUSIC; NIGHT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAMPLE; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND LEVEL METER; SWITZERLAND; TINNITUS; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; NOISE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWITZERLAND; TINNITUS;

EID: 0041387455     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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