Modeling of road traffic noise and estimated human exposure in Fulton County, Georgia, USA

Environment International

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1336-1341

  Seong, Jeong C ^a   Park, Tae H ^b   Ko, Joon H ^b   Chang, Seo I ^b   Kim, Minho ^c   Holt, James B ^c   Mehdi, Mohammed R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

^b University of Seoul   (South Korea)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d NED UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Exposed population; Fa ade map; Fulton County; Noise map; Noise simulation; Traffic noise

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; OPTICAL RADAR; ROADS AND STREETS; TRANSPORTATION;

EXPOSED POPULATION; FULTON COUNTY; NOISE MAP; NOISE SIMULATION; TRAFFIC NOISE;

NOISE POLLUTION;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ESTIMATION METHOD; GIS; HEALTH IMPACT; MODELING; NOISE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; ROAD TRANSPORT;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE POLLUTION; PERIODICITY; POPULATION EXPOSURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TRAFFIC NOISE; UNITED STATES;

FULTON COUNTY [GEORGIA]; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960916279     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2011.05.019     Document Type: Article

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