Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 50, Issue 6 , Pages 270-274 , December 2009

The Influence of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Design on Sound Level

  • Hsin-Li Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, St. Joseph's Hospital, Yunlin, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chao-Huei Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pediatrics, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, 160 Chung-Kang Road, Section 3, Taichung 407, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chih-Chao Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Environmental Engineering and Science, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hsiu-Jung Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Environmental Engineering and Science, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Teh-Ming Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chia-Chi Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Received 19 June 2008 ,Revised 24 December 2008 ,Accepted 31 March 2009.

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PII: S1875-9572(09)60076-0

doi: 10.1016/S1875-9572(09)60076-0

Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 50, Issue 6 , Pages 270-274 , December 2009

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