Aircraft noise and quality of life around frankfurt airport

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3382-3405

  Schreckenberg, Dirk ^a   Meis, Markus ^b   Kahl, Cara ^c   Peschel, Christin ^a   Eikmann, Thomas ^d  

^a ZEUS GmbH   (Germany)

^b Hörzentrum Oldenburg GmbH Hörtech gGmbH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY GIESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aircraft noise; Annoyance; Disturbance; Environment; EQoL; Health; HQoL; Noise sensitivity; Non acoustical factors; Quality of life; Stress theory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRCRAFT NOISE; AIRPORT; ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE POLLUTION; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS;

EID: 78649613714     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph7093382     Document Type: Article

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