Road-traffic noise and factors influencing noise annoyance in an urban population

Environment International

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 552-556

  Jakovljevic, Branko ^a   Paunovic, Katarina ^a   Belojevic, Goran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Annoyance; Nighttime noise level; Noise sensitivity; Road traffic noise

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROADS AND STREETS; TRANSPORTATION;

ANNOYANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELING; NOISE LEVELS; NOISE SENSITIVITY; PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS; ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE;

NOISE POLLUTION;

ADULT; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; NOISE POLLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGY; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; URBAN POPULATION;

BELGRADE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SERBIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 61449176034     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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