Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Noise and Nuisance Policy

Health Effect Based Noise Assessment Methods:
A Review and Feasibility Study
September 1998

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9: Acknowledgments

This study was funded by the UK DETR. The support of the DETR is gratefully acknowledged. NPL would also like to thank all those who provided valuable information on regulations and standards in their own Member States. The contribution of Mark Jiggins of NPL to the compilation of the Appendices is gratefully acknowledged.

We would also like to thank a number of international experts who were consulted at the early stages of this project. These were Dr Stephen Stansfeld, Dr Shirley Thompson, Dr Soames Job, Dr Stephen Morrell, Dr Peter Lercher and Mr Larry Finegold.

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