Prevention of adverse effects of noise on children

Noise and Health

Volumn 5, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 59-64

  Bistrup, Marie Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Children; Day care centres; Discoth ques; Effective measures; Good practices; Noise prevention; Primary schools

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DAY CARE; DENMARK; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPERIENCE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ITALY; LEARNING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; NOISE POLLUTION; NOISE REDUCTION; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPE; HUMANS; NOISE; SCHOOLS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042890406     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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