Noise in contemporary neonatal intensive care

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2681-2690

  Williams, Amber L ^a   Van Drongelen, Wim ^b   Lasky, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; IMPULSE NOISE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NEONATAL MONITORING; NOISE ABATEMENT;

NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNITS (NICU); PERIODICITIES; SOUND PRESSURE;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL STAFF; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAMPLE; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND PRESSURE; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84983718352     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2717500     Document Type: Review

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