Noise pollution in intensive care units and emergency wards

Iranian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 23, Issue 65, 2011, Pages 141-148

  Khademi, Gholamreza ^a   Roudi, Masoumeh ^a   Farhat, Ahmad Shah ^a   Shahabian, Masoud ^b  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hospital; Intensive care units; Noise; Pollution; Sound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; EMERGENCY WARD; EQUALIZING NOISE LEVEL; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; IRAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANT UNIT; MAXIMUM NOISE LEVEL; NEPHROLOGY UNIT; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE POLLUTION; NURSING STATION; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND LEVEL MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84865187634     PISSN: 22517251     EISSN: 2251726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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