Noise in an intensive care unit

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 3754-3760

  Salandin, Andrea ^a   Arnold, Jörg ^b   Kornadt, Oliver ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b BAUHAUS UNIVERSITY WEIMAR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ALARMS; COMPLEX SOUNDS; HIGH NOISE LEVELS; HOSPITAL WARDS; INTERMEDIATE CARES; INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS; MEASURED DATA; NOISE EFFECTS; NOISE SOURCE; OPERATING NOISE; SOUND PRESSURES;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ACOUSTICS; SURVEYS;

INTENSIVE CARE UNITS;

ARTICLE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEARING; HOSPITAL DESIGN; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUND DETECTION; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84858315032     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3655884     Document Type: Article

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