Evaluation and analysis of the environmental noise of Messina, Italy

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 447-465

  Piccolo, A ^a   Plutino, D ^a   Cannistraro, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Noise annoyance; Road traffic noise; Sound levels

Indexed keywords

AUDITION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MAPPING; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

NOISY ANNOYANCE; ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE; SOUND LEVEL; SOUND LEVELS;

NOISE POLLUTION;

EID: 10844242813     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2004.07.005     Document Type: Article

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