External and internal noise surveys of London primary schools

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 730-738

  Shield, Bridget ^a   Dockrell, Julie E ^b  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRPORTS; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; STANDARDS; SURVEYS;

EXTERNAL NOISE SURVEYS; FLIGHT PATHS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

ACOUSTIC METHOD;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NOISE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUND INTENSITY; STANDARD; TRAFFIC NOISE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONDON; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NOISE; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 1042276661     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1635837     Document Type: Article

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