Parameters of well-being and subjective health and their relationship with residential traffic noise exposure - A representative evaluation in Switzerland

Environment International

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 723-733

  Brink, Mark ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Environmental noise; Exposure response relationship; Railway noise; Road traffic noise; Sleep disturbance; Subjective health

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; HEALTH; HOUSING; NOISE POLLUTION; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; ROADS AND STREETS; SURVEYS; TRANSPORTATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE; EXPOSURE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; RAILWAY NOISE; ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE; SLEEP DISTURBANCES;

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

GIS; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH STATUS; NOISE POLLUTION; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE; AIRCRAFT NOISE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RAILWAY; SATISFACTION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL STATUS; SWITZERLAND; TRAFFIC NOISE; URBANIZATION;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 79952898698     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2011.02.011     Document Type: Article

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