Noise and health in the urban environment

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 43-82

  Stansfeld, Stephen ^a   Haines, Mary ^a   Brown, Bernadette ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Annoyance; Heart disease; Mental health; Noise

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADAPTATION; AIRCRAFT NOISE; ANNOYANCE; BIRTH DEFECT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; COMPREHENSION; COPING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; LABORATORY TEST; LONG TERM MEMORY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MENTAL DISEASE; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; READING; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC NOISE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0033911033     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVEH.2000.15.1-2.43     Document Type: Review

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