Survey context and question wording affects self reported annoyance due to road traffic noise: A comparison between two cross-sectional studies

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Bodin, Theo ^a,b   Björk, Jonas ^a   Öhrström, Evy ^c   Ardö, Jonas ^d   Albin, Maria ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Annoyance; Public Health Survey; Railway Noise; Road traffic noise; Survey Methodology

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GIS; HEALTH SURVEY; LOGISTICS; NOISE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAILWAY; ROAD TRANSPORT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; TRAFFIC NOISE; ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SWEDEN;

MALMO; SKANE; SWEDEN;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859115572     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-11-14     Document Type: Article

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