Characterizing noise in hospitals

Institute of Noise Control Engineering of the USA - 35th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering, INTER-NOISE 2006

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages 3114-3123

  West, James E ^a   Busch Vishniac, Ilene J ^a   MacLeod, Mark ^a   Kracht, Jonathan ^a   Orellana, Douglas ^a   Dunn, Jeffrey ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBING MATERIALS; ACOUSTIC PARAMETERS; BALTIMORE; COMMUNICATION TOOLS; CONTROL APPROACH; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; HEALTH MEASURES; HOPKINS; MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS; NOISE-CONTROL METHODS; PATIENT SAFETY; RESEARCH AGENDA; SOUND ABSORBING MATERIALS;

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; EXHIBITIONS;

HOSPITALS;

EID: 84867925752     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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