Noise in the intensive care unit (ICU)

14th International Congress on Sound and Vibration 2007, ICSV 2007

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 1884-1891

  Cianci, Daniela T ^a   Kanapathipillai, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL CONDITION; DESIGN FEATURES; HIGH NOISE LEVELS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; NUMBER OF SOURCES; SOUND EXPOSURE; STATE OF HEALTH; TISSUE GROWTH;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

INTENSIVE CARE UNITS;

EID: 84881417813     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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