Relating human productivity and annoyance to indoor noise criteria systems: A low frequency analysis

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 111 PART 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 684-692

  Bowden, E E ^b   Wang, L M ^a,b  

^a ASHRAE ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCIES; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

NOISE CRITERIA (NC); ROOM CRITERIA (RC); SOUND PRESSURE; SPECTRAL QUALITY;

ACOUSTICS;

EID: 27744498904     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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