Towards a general framework for including noise impacts in LCA

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 471-487

  Cucurachi, Stefano ^a   Heijungs, Reinout ^a   Ohlau, Katrin ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Generic noise sources; Human health; LCA; Noise impact assessment

Indexed keywords

ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH HAZARD; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE POLLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP DISORDER; SOUND; SOUND INTENSITY; TOXICOLOGY; TRAFFIC NOISE;

EID: 84863108666     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-011-0377-4     Document Type: Article

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