Long term exposure to nocturnal railway noise produces chronic signs of cognitive deficits and diurnal sleepiness

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2013, Pages 45-52

  Tassi, Patricia ^a   Rohmer, Odile ^a   Bonnefond, Anne ^b   Margiocchi, Florence ^c   Poisson, Franck ^c   Schimchowitsch, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c SNCF   (France)

Author keywords

Cognitive performance; Railway noise; Sleep; Sleepiness; Subjective assessments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869830695     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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