The statistical distribution of expected noise level output from commonly available personal stereo players

Acoustics Australia

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 119-122

  Williams, W ^a   Purnell, J ^b  

^a NATIONAL ACOUSTIC LABORATORIES   (Australia)

^b Chatswood High School   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC OUTPUTS; ELECTRICAL OUTPUT; MAXIMUM OUTPUT; NOISE EXPOSURE; NOISE LEVELS; OUTPUT LEVELS; SIMPLE METHOD; SOUND LEVEL; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

NOISE POLLUTION;

EID: 78751674185     PISSN: 08146039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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