Low frequency noise and annoyance

Noise and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 59-72

  Leventhall, Geoff H ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Annoyance; Disturbance; Low frequency noise; Noise; Subjective efforts

Indexed keywords

ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; AVERSION; DECISION MAKING; EUROPE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEARING ACUITY; HOUSING; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LOUDNESS; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; NOISE STANDARD; SPECTRUM; STRESS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANGER; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; RADIO WAVES;

EID: 4344688600     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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