Studies on assessment of traffic noise level in Aurangabad city, India

Noise and Health

Volumn 12, Issue 48, 2010, Pages 195-198

  Bhosale, B ^a   Late, Amul ^a   Nalawade, P ^a   Chavan, S ^a   Mule, M ^a  

^a DR BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR MARATHWADA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Decibels; noise level; urbanization; vehicular traffic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH; HUMAN; INDIA; LEISURE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR VEHICLE; NOISE; RAILWAY; SOUND DETECTION; STATISTICS; TIME; URBANIZATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; INDIA; MOTOR VEHICLES; NOISE; RAILROADS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; URBANIZATION;

EID: 77954608801     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.64971     Document Type: Article

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