Noise sensitivity and subjective health: Questionnaire study conducted along trunk roads in Kusatsu, Japan

Noise and Health

Volumn 11, Issue 43, 2009, Pages 111-117

  Kishikawa, Hiroki ^a,e   Matsui, Toshihito ^b   Uchiyama, Iwao ^b   Miyakawa, Masamitsu ^c   Hiramatsu, Kozo ^b   Stansfeld, Stephen A ^d  

^a DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KIBI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Karasuma Imadegawa   (Japan)

Author keywords

GHQ 28; Noise sensitivity; Psychiatric disorder; Subjective health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NOISE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAFFIC; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SLEEP DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66749146138     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.50696     Document Type: Article

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