Proposed criteria for assessing low frequency noise annoyance in occupational settings

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 185-197

  Pawlaczyk Łuszczyńska, Małgorzata ^a   Szymczak, Wiesław ^a,b   Dudarewicz, Adam ^a   Śliwińska Kowalska, Mariola ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Annoyance; Exposure limits; Low frequency noise; Measuring methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY TEST; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; MALE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; RATING SCALE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33845225960     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10001-006-0022-9     Document Type: Article

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