Factors affecting pupils' noise annoyance in schools: The building and testing of models

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 207-228

  Boman, Eva ^a   Enmarker, Ingela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Annoyance; Model testing; Noise; Pupils; School environment

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EDUCATION; NOISE; PERCEPTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 1542644654     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916503256644     Document Type: Article

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