Effects of social, demographical and behavioral factors on the sound level evaluation in urban open spaces

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 772-783

  Yu, Lei ^a   Kang, Jian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CORRELATION METHODS; EARPHONES; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ACOUSTIC ENVIRONMENT; BEHAVIORAL FACTORS; SOUND LEVEL EVALUATION; URBAN OPEN PUBLIC SPACES;

ACOUSTIC WAVE EFFECTS;

ACOUSTICS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOUND INTENSITY; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BEHAVIOR; CHINA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MUSIC; NOISE; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; OCCUPATIONS; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC FACILITIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAMPLING STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 38849113326     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2821955     Document Type: Article

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