Self-reported sleep disturbances due to railway noise: Exposure-response relationships for nighttime equivalent and maximum noise levels

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 257-268

  Aasvang, Gunn Marit ^a   Moum, Torbjørn ^b   Engdahl, Bo ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; FACADES; FOOD PROCESSING; MATERIALS HANDLING; NOISE POLLUTION; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RAILROADS; RAILS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP RESEARCH; SURVEYS;

ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA (ASA); EQUIVALENT NOISE; INDIVIDUAL (PSS 544-7); LOGISTIC REGRESSION (LR) MODEL; NOISE EVENTS; NOISE EXPOSURE LEVELS; NOISE LEVELS; NOISE SENSITIVITIES; PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS; RAILWAY NOISE; RESPONSE CURVES; SLEEP DISTURBANCES;

FREQUENCY RESPONSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAILWAY; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLEEP DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; RAILROADS; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 47649113670     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2932074     Document Type: Article

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