A descriptive cross-sectional study of annoyance from low frequency noise installations in an urban environment

Noise and Health

Volumn 5, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 35-46

  Persson Waye, Kerstin ^a   Bengtsson, J ^a   Agge, A ^a   Bjorkman M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Annoyance; Field study; Low frequency noise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; BED; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; MALE; NOISE REDUCTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER; TRAFFIC NOISE; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SLEEP; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0141919414     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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