Assessment of traffic-related noise in three cities in the United States

Environmental Research

Volumn 132, Issue , 2014, Pages 182-189

  Lee, Eunice Y ^a   Jerrett, Michael ^a   Ross, Zev ^b   Coogan, Patricia F ^c   Seto, Edmund Y W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ZEVROSS SPATIAL ANALYSIS   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community noise; Noise survey; Traffic noise model; Truck traffic; Vehicle count

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AIR POLLUTION; CITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOTE; ORGANIZATION; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND PRESSURE; TRAFFIC NOISE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

COMMUNITY NOISE; NOISE SURVEY; TRAFFIC NOISE MODEL; TRUCK TRAFFIC; VEHICLE COUNT;

CITIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTOR VEHICLES; NOISE;

EID: 84899874147     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.03.005     Document Type: Note

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