Predictors of noise annoyance in noisy and quiet urban streets

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3707-3711

  Paunović, Katarina ^a   Jakovljević, Branko ^a   Belojević, Goran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Environment and public health; Nighttime noise exposure; Noise; Noise annoyance; Noise sensitivity; Transportation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH; NIGHTTIME NOISE EXPOSURE; NOISE; NOISE ANNOYANCE; NOISE SENSITIVITY;

HEALTH; NOISE POLLUTION; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROADS AND STREETS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; HEALTH IMPACT; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; NOISE POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE POLLUTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; URBAN AREA; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; URBAN HEALTH;

BELGRADE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SERBIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67349180251     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.02.033     Document Type: Article

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