The relationship between noise frequency components and physical, physiological and psychological effects of industrial workers

Noise and Health

Volumn 10, Issue 40, 2008, Pages 90-98

  Mahendra Prashanth, K ^a,c   Sridhar, V ^b  

^a VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b PES COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

^c Vivekananda Institute of Technology   (India)

Author keywords

Frequency spectrum; Low (31.5 125 Hz) and mid (> 125 Hz 2 kHz) octave band center frequency; Noise exposure; Octave band center frequency (OBF); Physical symptoms; Physiological symptoms; Psychological symptoms; Sound pressure level (SPL)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANNOYANCE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEADACHE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOUND LEVEL MEASUREMENT; TINNITUS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FATIGUE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57649118533     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.44347     Document Type: Article

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