Awakening effects of church bell noise: Geographical extrapolation of the results of a polysomnographic field study 1

Noise and Health

Volumn 15, Issue 66, 2013, Pages 332-341

  Omlin, Sarah ^a   Brink, Mark ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Awakening reaction; church bells; noise effects; sleep disturbance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; NOISE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SWITZERLAND; TIME; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

HUMANS; NOISE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SWITZERLAND; TIME;

EID: 84883566903     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.116582     Document Type: Article

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