Social inequalities in residential exposure to road traffic noise: An environmental justice analysis based on the RECORD cohort study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 366-374

  Havard, Sabrina ^a,b   Reich, Brian J ^c   Bean, Kathy ^d   Chaix, Basile ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Centre d'Investigations Preventives et Cliniques   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FRANCE; HUMAN; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAFFIC NOISE; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; PARIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 79953833428     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2010.060640     Document Type: Article

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