Radiation Protection Dosimetry Advance Access published online on October 29, 2009
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, doi:10.1093/rpd/ncp233
METHODOLOGICAL AND METROLOGICAL ISSUES IN THE EVALUATION OF NOISE POLLUTION INDICATORS IN RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENT
ARPAV Dipartimento Provinciale di Venezia, via Lissa, 6 30174 Venezia Mestre, Italy
* Corresponding author: dsepulcri{at}arpa.veneto.it
With regard to differential noise measurements in residential environment, as regulated by Italian law DM 16 marzo '98, various factors influencing the dispersion of results and measurement uncertainty are taken into account, and some aspects that can weigh on the usefulness of these measurements for compliance assessment are put in evidence.