Assessment of noise level of a medium scale thermal power plant

Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 133-139

  Kisku, G C ^a   Bhargava, S K ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Acoustic treatment; Health hazard; Noise measurements; Thermal power plant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; HEIGHT; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MACHINE; MEASUREMENT; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE REDUCTION; NOISE STANDARD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIZATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 33846302053     PISSN: 09732284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5278.29575     Document Type: Article

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