Environmental noise and annoyance in adult population of skopje: A crosssectional study

Arhiv za Higijenu Rada i Toksikologiju

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 349-355

  Ristovska, Gordana ^a   Gjorgjev, Dragan ^a   Polozhani, Aziz ^a   Kocubovski, Mihail ^a   Kendrovski, Vladimir ^a  

^a SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY OF SKOPJE   (Macedonia)

Author keywords

Construction; Daytime noise; Exposure assessment; Night time noise; Public health; Road traffic; Town planning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; TRAFFIC NOISE; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); MALE; NOISE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 73549103625     PISSN: 00041254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/10004-1254-60-2009-1945     Document Type: Article

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