Noise pollution on an acute surgical ward

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 136-139

  McLaren, Emma ^a   Maxwell Armstrong, Charles ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Noise; Surgery; Wards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE POLLUTION; NOISE STANDARD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SOUND PRESSURE; SURGICAL WARD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; PATIENTS' ROOMS;

EID: 41349090831     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588408X261582     Document Type: Article

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