Evaluation of traffic noise pollution and attitudes of exposed individuals in working place

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 3892-3898

  Pathak, Vinita ^a   Tripathi, B D ^a   Mishra, Virendra kumar ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Noise; Noise pollution level; Pollution; Traffic

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE; RAILROAD TRAFFIC CONTROL;

HEALTH IMPACT; NOISE LEVELS; TRAFFIC NOISE;

NOISE POLLUTION;

COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; FATIGUE; HEALTH IMPACT; NOISE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DIZZINESS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVALUATION; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAFFIC NOISE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH; VARANASI;

EID: 43049165302     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.12.070     Document Type: Article

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