America needs a new national noise policy

Noise Control Engineering Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 123-130

  Beranek, Leo L ^a   Lang, William W ^b  

^a Acoustical Consultant   (United States)

^b Noise Control Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH RISKS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PUBLIC POLICY;

ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE; NATIONAL NOISE POLICY; NOISE CONTROL ENGINEERING;

NOISE ABATEMENT;

EID: 0346503038     PISSN: 07362501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3397/1.2839705     Document Type: Article

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