Human response to vibration in residential environments

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 182-193

  Waddington, David C ^a   Woodcock, James ^a   Peris, Eulalia ^a   Condie, Jenna ^a   Sica, Gennaro ^a   Moorhouse, Andrew T ^a   Steele, Andy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES; DIFFERENT FREQUENCY; EXPOSURE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; FREQUENCY WEIGHTINGS; HUMAN RESPONSE TO VIBRATIONS; INDUCED VIBRATIONS; RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENT; VIBRATION EXPOSURE;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; HOUSES; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS;

SURVEYS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; BUILDING INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAILWAY; TRAFFIC NOISE; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOUSING; HUMANS; IRRITABLE MOOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAILROADS; URBAN POPULATION; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893214648     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4836496     Document Type: Article

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