An analysis of relationships among environmental noise, annoyance and sensitivity to noise, and the consequences for health and sleep

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 257-276

  Nivison, Mary Ellen ^a   Endresen, Inger M ^a  

^a Dept of Biol and Med Psychology   (Norway)

Author keywords

annoyance; environment; health; noise; sensitivity; sleep

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CAFFEINE; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ANNOYANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFLUENZA; MALE; MUSCLE DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NOISE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SLEEP; SOCIOECONOMICS; STOMACH DISEASE; STRESS; TOBACCO; TRAFFIC; TYPE A BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTOMOBILES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027159184     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00844759     Document Type: Article

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