The acoustic environment of intensive care wards based on long period nocturnal measurements

Noise and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 60, 2012, Pages 230-236

  Xie, Hui ^a,b   Kang, Jian ^a,b  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic environment; intensive care; long period; measurement; nocturnal; noise level

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NOISE; PATIENT CARE; SLEEP DISORDER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACOUSTICS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NIGHT CARE; NOISE; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 84870156848     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.102960     Document Type: Article

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