Estimates of the auditory risk from outdoor impulse noise I: Firecrackers

Noise and Health

Volumn 11, Issue 45, 2009, Pages 223-230

  Flamme, Gregory A ^a   Liebe, Kevin ^a   Wong, Adam ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Explosions; Hearing loss; Impulse noise; Noise induced; Noise adverse effects; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CONSUMER; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEARING; NOISE; PARAMETER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUND;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPLOSIONS; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; NOISE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 70349835644     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.56216     Document Type: Article

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