Assessment of noise and associated health impacts at selected secondary schools in Ibadan, Nigeria

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

Volumn 2009, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Shendell, Derek G ^b,c,d   Ana, Godson R E E ^a   Brown, G E ^a   Sridhar, M K C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; EXPOSURE; FATIGUE; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; LEARNING; NIGERIA; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE POLLUTION; NOISE REDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUND LEVEL METER; TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; CAR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; MALE; NOISE; PILOT STUDY; SCHOOL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC NOISE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; NIGERIA; NOISE; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77953854148     PISSN: 16879805     EISSN: 16879813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2009/739502     Document Type: Article

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