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Noise pollution in textile, printing and publishing industries in Saudi Arabia
Journal article   Peer reviewed

Noise pollution in textile, printing and publishing industries in Saudi Arabia

Madbuli H Noweir and A T M Jamil
Environmental monitoring and assessment, Vol.83(1), pp.103-111
01/03/2003
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022418805827
PMID: 12666724

Abstract

Humans Noise Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Publishing Reference Values Saudi Arabia Textile Industry
A study of 20 factories belonging to textile, printing, publishing and paper products industries in Jeddah was conducted. Data on Leq, Maximum and Minimum SPL at different octave bands, as well as dBA, were collected. It has been found that textile, publishing and paper products industries are the most noisy industries. The paper is concluded with suitable recommendation for noise control and worker protection.

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