Noise annoyance as reported by 8- to 14-year-old children

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 68-86

  Babisch, Wolfgang ^a   Schulz, Christine ^a   Seiwert, Margarete ^a   Conrad, André ^a  

^a UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

children; noise annoyance; road traffic noise; social survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE CLASS; CHILD; DATA SET; NOISE POLLUTION; PERCEPTION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

GERMANY;

EID: 84855176791     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916510387400     Document Type: Article

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