Noise sensitivity and subjective health - Questionnaire study conducted along trunk roads

Turkish Acoustical Society - 36th International Congress and Exhibition on Noise Control Engineering, INTER-NOISE 2007 ISTANBUL

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages 3357-3366

  Matsui, Toshihito ^a   Kishikawa, Hiroki ^a   Uchiyama, Iwao ^a   Miyakawa, Masamitsu ^b   Hiramatsu, Kozo ^a   Stansfeld, Stephen A ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KIBI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSE RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; NOISE EXPOSURE LEVEL; NOISE SENSITIVITY; PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRE STUDIES; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; TRUNK ROADS;

EXHIBITIONS; HEALTH;

SURVEYS;

EID: 84873955368     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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