Noise pollution in urban environments: A study in Yazd city, Iran

Polish Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1095-1100

  Ehrampoush, Mohammad Hassan ^a   Halvani, Gholam Hossein ^b   Barkhordari, Abolfazl ^b   Zare, Mohsen ^c  

^a Faculty of Health   (United States)

^b SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

Equivalent sound levels; Noise levels; Noise pollution; Traffic; Yazd city

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862870159     PISSN: 12301485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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