Effects of low frequency noise up to 100 Hz

Noise and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 73-85

  Schust, Marianne ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aural effect; Complaint; Hearing threshold; Infrasound; Non aural effect; Performance; Vibrotactile perception

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD SHIFT; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LOUDNESS; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; PAIN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SOUND TRANSMISSION; SPECTRUM; TOUCH; VIBRATION SENSE; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOACOUSTICS;

EID: 4344574835     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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