Effects of simultaneous exposure to noise from road- and railway traffic

International Congress on Noise Control Engineering 2005, INTERNOISE 2005

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 814-823

  Öhrström, Evy ^a   Skånberg, Annbritt ^a   Barregård, Lars ^b   Svensson, Helena ^a   Ängerheim, Pär ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE; INTERACTION EFFECT; NOISE ANNOYANCE; NOISE EXPOSURE; NOISE SOURCE; RAILWAY NOISE; RAILWAY TRAFFIC; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; RESPONSE RATE; ROAD TRAFFIC; ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE; SOCIO-ACOUSTIC; SOUND LEVEL;

NOISE POLLUTION; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; SURVEYS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

EID: 84873864417     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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