A 3 year update on the influence of noise on performance and behavior

Noise and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 61, 2012, Pages 292-296

  Clark, Charlotte ^a   Sörqvist, Patrik ^b,c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Auditory distraction; cognition; epidemiology; noise; transportation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; NOISE; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SEMANTICS; TRAFFIC NOISE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; NOISE; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; SCHOOLS; SEMANTICS;

EID: 84872189695     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.104896     Document Type: Review

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