The USA needs a new national policy for occupational noise

Noise Control Engineering Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 162-165

  Bruce, Robert D ^a   Wood, Eric W ^b  

^a CSTI Acoustics   (United States)

^b ACENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; AUDITION; HEALTH HAZARDS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

HAZARDOUS NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL NOISE;

NOISE ABATEMENT;

EID: 0346503035     PISSN: 07362501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3397/1.2839711     Document Type: Article

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