Qualitative responses of children to environmental noise

Noise and Health

Volumn 5, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 19-30

  Haines, Mary M ^a,b   Brentnall, S L ^a   Stansfeld, S A ^a   Klineberg, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Beijing PricewaterhouseCoopers Management Consulting   (Australia)

Author keywords

Annoyance; Child health; Environmental noise; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT NOISE; ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOME; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; NOISE POLLUTION; PERCEPTION; PLAY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAFFIC NOISE;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; EMOTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; NOISE;

EID: 0042890411     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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