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Editorial
. 2019 Dec 8;16(24):4988.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph16244988.

Promoting Healthy and Supportive Acoustic Environments: Going beyond the Quietness

Francesco Aletta  1 , Jian Kang  1
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Editorial

Promoting Healthy and Supportive Acoustic Environments: Going beyond the Quietness

Francesco Aletta et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

When confronted with the topic of the quality of the acoustic environments, society and communities around the world tend to consider "sound" mainly in its negative facet of "noise" [...].

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Conflict of interest statement

The Editors declare no conflict of interest.

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