Development and feasibility of perceived noise exposure scale

Noise Control Engineering Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 102-109

  Dzhambov, Angel M ^a   Dimitrova, Donka D ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSING;

COMMON NOISE; EXPOSURE DATA; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; NOISE EXPOSURE; PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; TWO-STEP PROCESS; VISUAL ANALOGUE SCALE;

NOISE POLLUTION;

EID: 84901009556     PISSN: 07362501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3397/1/376210     Document Type: Article

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