Ambient noise and cognitive processes among primary schoolchildren

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 725-735

  Lercher, Peter ^a   Evans, Gary W ^b   Meis, Markus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; Children's development; Environment; Memory; Transportation noise

Indexed keywords

COGNITION;

EID: 0344155075     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916503256260     Document Type: Article

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