Pilot survey of subway and bus stop noise levels

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 802-812

  Gershon, Robyn R M ^a   Neitzel, Richard ^b   Barrera, Marissa A ^a   Akram, Muhammad ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Excessive noise exposure; Hearing protection devices; Mass transit; Noise induced hearing loss; Sound level meter; Subway noise; Subway riders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NOISE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE REDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SOUND INTENSITY; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MOTOR VEHICLES; NEW YORK CITY; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; PILOT PROJECTS; RAILROADS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33748200130     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-006-9080-3     Document Type: Article

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