Factors affecting road traffic noise annoyance among white-collar employees working in Tehran

Iranian Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-34

  Alimohammadi, I ^a   Nassiri, P ^b   Azkhosh, M ^c   Hoseini, M ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c University of Rehabilitation and Welfare Science   (Iran)

Author keywords

Attitudinal factors; Noise annoyance; Personal traits; Road traffic noise

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; EMPLOYMENT; NOISE POLLUTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; WORKPLACE;

IRAN; TEHRAN [IRAN];

EID: 77950928850     PISSN: 17351979     EISSN: 17352746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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