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Industrial Noise Pollution and its Impacts on Workers in the Textile Based Cottage Industries: An Empirical Study

Keywords: Industrial Noise Pollution, Impacts, Workers, Textile, Cottage Industries.

Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering & Technology

Volume 30 ,  Issue 1

Aitbar  Ali  Abbasi , Hussain  Bux Marri , Murlidhar   Nebhwani ,

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