Road traffic noise: A case study of Balasore Town, Orissa, India

International Journal of Environmental Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 309-316

  Goswami, Sh ^a,b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b FAKIR MOHAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Balasore; Noise; Pollution; Road Traffic

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; NOISE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; ROAD TRANSPORT;

ASIA; BALASORE; EURASIA; INDIA; ORISSA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70349329676     PISSN: 17356865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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