Environmental noise and annoyance in adults: Research in central, eastern and south-eastern Europe and newly independent states

Noise and Health

Volumn 15, Issue 62, 2013, Pages 42-54

  Lekaviciute, Jurgita ^a   Argalasova Sobotova, Lubica ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University and University Hospital Bratislava   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Annoyance; environmental noise; environmental noise directive; review; road traffic noise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EASTERN EUROPE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; NOISE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REVIEW; TRAFFIC NOISE;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE, EASTERN; HUMANS; IRRITABLE MOOD; NOISE; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875704402     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.107153     Document Type: Article

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