Evaluation of a road-traffic noise barrier: An intervention study

Proceedings of the Tenth International Congress on Sound and Vibration

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 3767-3774

  Nilsson, Mats E ^a   Berglund, Birgitta ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE INTERFERENCE; BUILDINGS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SLEEP RESEARCH; SPEECH COMMUNICATION; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

NOISE BARRIERS; NOISE EXPOSURE; NOISE REDUCTION POTENTIAL; ROAD-TRAFFIC NOISE;

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL;

EID: 2342443025     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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