Noise levels in Greek hospitals

Noise and Health

Volumn 10, Issue 41, 2008, Pages 110-112

  Tsara, Venetia ^a,d   Nena, Evangelia ^a   Serasli, Evangelia ^a   Vasileiadis, Vasilis ^b   Matamis, Dimitris ^c   Christaki, Pandora ^a  

^a G Papanikolaou Hospital   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c Intensive Care Unit   (Greece)

^d G PAPANICOLAOU HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hospital environment; Hospitals; Noise pollution

Indexed keywords

ANALYZER; ARTICLE; GREECE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NOISE POLLUTION; TIME;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREECE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NOISE; RESPIRATORY CARE UNITS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY;

EID: 57649129039     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.44350     Document Type: Article

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