Evaluation of annoyance from low frequency noise under laboratory conditions

Noise and Health

Volumn 12, Issue 48, 2010, Pages 166-181

  Pawlaczyk Luszczynska, Malgorzata ^a   Dudarewicz, Adam ^a   Szymczak, Wieslaw ^a,b   Sliwinska Kowalska, Mariola ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Annoyance; exposure response relationships; low frequency noise; noise metrics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUND DETECTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE MOOD; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY;

EID: 77954602682     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.64974     Document Type: Article

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