Attitudinal response towards road traffic noise in the industrial town of Asansol, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 151, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 37-44

  Banerjee, D ^a,c   Chakraborty, S K ^a   Bhattacharyya, S ^b   Gangopadhyay, A ^b  

^a BB College   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Annoyance; Asansol; Noise; Regression model; Road traffic

Indexed keywords

ANNOYANCE; ASANSOL; NOISE; REGRESSION MODEL; ROAD TRAFFIC;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROADS AND STREETS;

NOISE POLLUTION;

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INDEX METHOD; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NOISE POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ATTITUDE; AUTOMOBILES; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INDIA; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN HEALTH;

ASANSOL; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 62149130754     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0247-0     Document Type: Article

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