Complaint data as an index of annoyance - Theoretical and methodological issues

Noise and Health

Volumn 7, Issue 28, 2005, Pages 17-27

  Maziul, M ^a   Job, R F S ^b   Vogt, J ^c  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aircraft noise; Complaint behaviour; Coping; Noise complaint line; Serial complainers

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT NOISE; ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 29244462895     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.31628     Document Type: Article

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