Psychological study on Leq as a measure of loudness of various kinds of noises

Journal of the Acoustical Society of Japan (E) (English translation of Nippon Onkyo Gakkaishi)

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1984, Pages 135-148

  Namba, Seiichiro ^a   Kuwano, Sonoko ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 85011178980     PISSN: 03882861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1250/ast.5.135     Document Type: Article

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