The effects of road traffic and aircraft noise exposure on children's episodic memory: The RANCH Project

Noise and Health

Volumn 12, Issue 49, 2010, Pages 244-254

  Matheson, Mark ^a   Clark, Charlotte ^a   Martin, Rocio ^b   Van Kempen, Elise ^c   Haines, Mary ^d   Barrio, Isabel Lopez ^b   Hygge, Staffan ^e   Stansfeld, Stephen ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

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

^d SAX INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aircraft; children; episodic memory; noise; road traffic

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MEMORY; MOTOR VEHICLE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SPAIN; STUDENT; TRAFFIC NOISE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AIRCRAFT; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LONDON; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; MOTOR VEHICLES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPAIN; STUDENTS;

EID: 77957596931     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.70503     Document Type: Article

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