Clarifying "soundscape": Effects of question format on reaction to noise from combined sources

Acta Acustica united with Acustica

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 922-928

  Hatfield, J ^a   Van Kamp, I ^b   Job, R F S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; STUDENTS;

NOISE REGULATION; SELF REPORTED REACTION; SOUNDSCAPE RESEARCH;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

EID: 33845933504     PISSN: 16101928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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