Progress on noise policies from 2008 to 2011

Noise and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 61, 2012, Pages 307-312

  Finegold, Lawrence ^a   Schwela, Dietrich ^b   Lambert, Jacques ^c  

^a Finegold and So   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

Author keywords

environmental noise management; Environmental noise policy; ICBEN 2011; International Organizations; National Policies; progress 2008 2011

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NOISE; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; NOISE; PUBLIC POLICY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84872184015     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.104899     Document Type: Review

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