Annoyance and other reaction measures to changes in noise exposure - A review

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 435-436, Issue , 2012, Pages 551-562

  Laszlo, H E ^a   McRobie, E S ^a   Stansfeld, S A ^b   Hansell, A L ^a  

^a Imperial College London   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Annoyance; Epidemiology; Health; Modifying factors; Noise; Sleep disturbance

Indexed keywords

ANNOYANCE; ANNOYANCE RATING; ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HEALTH EFFECTS; HUMAN REACTION; HUMAN RESPONSE; LIVING ENVIRONMENT; META-ANALYSIS; MODIFYING FACTORS; NOISE; NOISE CONDITIONS; NOISE EXPOSURE; NOISE MITIGATION; REDUCING NOISE; SLEEP DISTURBANCES; SOUND LEVEL; STEADY STATE; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WRITTEN SURVEYS;

BLOOD PRESSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; NOISE POLLUTION; SLEEP RESEARCH; SURVEYS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; NOISE POLLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

AIRCRAFT NOISE; ANNOYANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE POLLUTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP DISORDER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAFFIC NOISE;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NOISE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

EID: 84870705082     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.06.112     Document Type: Review

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