Noise annoyance in Canada

Noise and Health

Volumn 7, Issue 27, 2005, Pages 39-47

  Michaud, David S ^a   Keith, S E ^a   McMurchy, D ^b  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b Dale McMurchy Consulting Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Annoyance; Canada; ISO TS 15666; Noise; Telephone survey; Traffic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE POLLUTION; NOISE STANDARD; NORMAL HUMAN; RATING SCALE; SOUND INTENSITY; TELEPHONE; TRAFFIC NOISE;

EID: 25444513398     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.31634     Document Type: Article

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