Environmental noise exposure and population health: A cross-sectional study in the Province of Rome

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 339-344

  Torre, Giuseppe La ^a   Moscato, Umberto ^a   Torre, Fulvio La ^a   Ballini, Paolo ^a   Marchi, Simone ^a   Ricciardi, Walter ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental noise; Mental health; Population health; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ITALY; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOISE POLLUTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAILWAY; RANK SUM TEST; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 36; TRAFFIC; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 34748875891     PISSN: 09431853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10389-007-0144-y     Document Type: Article

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