Path analysis was applied to data collected in a social survey on the community response to traffic noise along a trunk road in Tokyo. The data were collected from more than 390 female residents by means of a questionnaire. A path model was developed for the causal relation of the noise annoyance, d
Effects of road traffic noise and the benefit of access to quietness
✍ Scribed by E. Öhrström; A. Skånberg; H. Svensson; A. Gidlöf-Gunnarsson
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 275 KB
- Volume
- 295
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-460X
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