Using a change in percent highly annoyed with noise as a potential health effect measure for projects under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act

Canadian Acoustics - Acoustique Canadienne

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 13-28

  Michaud, David S ^a   Bly, Stephen H P ^a   Keith, Stephen E ^a  

^a Environmental Health Center   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; HEALTH; NOISE POLLUTION; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH; STANDARDS;

(E ,3E) PROCESS; ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; CAUSE EFFECT; COMMUNITY NOISE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (ES); EUROPEAN; EXPERT ADVICE; GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS; HEALTH EFFECTS; HEALTH IMPACTS; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD (IS); LONG-TERM CHANGES; NOISE IMPACTS; NOISE MITIGATION; POLICY SETTING; POTENTIAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE CRITERIA; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES; SOCIO ACOUSTIC;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 46649117343     PISSN: 07116659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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