Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Volume. 42, Issue 7, 786(2025)

Adjustment terms and coefficients of nonlinear regression-based kurtosis-adjusted equivalent sound level method

LI Jinzhe1, ZENG Anke2, XIN Jiarui2, LI Yang2, WU Linjie2, LIU Haiying3, YE Yan1, and ZHANG Meibian2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100013, China
  • 2National Institute for Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China
  • 3School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230032, China
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    LI Jinzhe, ZENG Anke, XIN Jiarui, LI Yang, WU Linjie, LIU Haiying, YE Yan, ZHANG Meibian. Adjustment terms and coefficients of nonlinear regression-based kurtosis-adjusted equivalent sound level method[J]. Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, 2025, 42(7): 786

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    Received: Nov. 15, 2024

    Accepted: Aug. 25, 2025

    Published Online: Aug. 25, 2025

    The Author Email: ZHANG Meibian (zhangmb@niohp.chinacdc.cn)

    DOI:10.11836/jeom24556

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