Determination of Noise Level and Its Sources in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Neonatal Ward

Background: In Neonatal intensive care units (NICU) different sound intensities and frequencies are produced from different sources, which may exert undesirable physiological effects on the infants. The aim of this study was to determine the noise level and its sources in the NICU and neonatal ward...

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Main Authors: Mahdi Jahangir Blourchian, Reza Sharafi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2015-12-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Neonatology
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Online Access:http://ijn.mums.ac.ir/article_6144_21f171f8aee4c2a82571a9cc718ca770.pdf