Road traffic noise exposure and annoyance: A cross-sectional study among adult Indian population

Noise and Health

Volumn 15, Issue 66, 2013, Pages 342-346

  Banerjee, Dibyendu ^a  

^a Banwarilal Bhalotia College   (India)

Author keywords

Annoyance; cross sectional study; logistic regression; residential noise exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC NOISE; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883591851     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.116583     Document Type: Article

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