Planning the acoustic environment of a neonatal intensive care unit

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 331-352

  Philbin, M Kathleen ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b Department of Anesthesiology   (United States)

^c REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; AUDIOMETRY; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROWDING; EMERGENCY; ENERGY; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LITERATURE; LOUDNESS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE REDUCTION; NURSERY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOUND; SOUND LEVEL MEASUREMENT; SOUND TRANSMISSION;

HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; SOUND;

EID: 4143147412     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2004.04.014     Document Type: Review

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