Road traffic noise and sleep disturbances in an urban population: Cross-sectional study

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 125-133

  Jakovljević, Branko ^a   Belojević, Goran ^a   Paunović, Katarina ^a   Stojanov, Vesna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b University Clinical Center of Serbia   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSIS; NOISE MEASUREMENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SOUND INTENSITY; SUMMER; TRAFFIC NOISE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33644647212     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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