Combined Noise Exposure at Home

Encyclopedia of Environmental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 764-777

  Lercher, P ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Aircraft noise; Annoyance; Auditory perception; Combined effects; Combined noise paradox; Compromise judgment; Cumulative impact assessment; Environmental health impact assessment; Environmental noise; Field studies; Impulse noise; Industrial noise; Laboratory studies; Loudness; Low frequency noise (LFN); Mixed sound sources; Railway noise; Road traffic noise; Soundscape; Vibration

Indexed keywords

EID: 85069800629     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52272-6.00254-3     Document Type: Chapter

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