Aircraft and road traffic noise exposure and children's mental health

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 203-207

  Stansfeld, S A ^a   Clark, C ^a   Cameron, R M ^a   Alfred, T ^d   Head, J ^a   Haines, M M ^a,e   van Kamp, I ^b   van Kempen, E ^b   Lopez Barrio, I ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d Clinical Trials and Epidemiology Research Unit   (Singapore)

^e SAX INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity; Children; Conduct disorder; Epidemiology; Mental health; Noise

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349151758     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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