Noise annoyance - A modifier of the association between noise level and cardiovascular health?

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 452-453, Issue , 2013, Pages 50-57

  Babisch, Wolfgang ^a   Pershagen, Göran ^b   Selander, Jenny ^b   Houthuijs, Danny ^c   Breugelmans, Oscar ^c   Cadum, Ennio ^d   Vigna Taglianti, Federica ^d   Katsouyanni, Klea ^e   Haralabidis, Alexandros S ^e   Dimakopoulou, Konstantina ^e   Sourtzi, Panayota ^e   Floud, Sarah ^f   Hansell, Anna L ^f  

^a UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d ARPA PIEMONTE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aircraft noise; Annoyance; Effect modification; Hypertension; Interaction; Road traffic noise

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; NOISE POLLUTION; ROADS AND STREETS;

AIRCRAFT NOISE; ANNOYANCE; EFFECT MODIFICATIONS; HYPERTENSION; INTERACTION; MAIN EFFECT; NOISE ANNOYANCE; NOISE LEVELS; ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE; TRAFFIC NOISE LEVELS;

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS;

AIRCRAFT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HYPERTENSION; NOISE POLLUTION; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; AIRCRAFT NOISE; ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND INTENSITY; TRAFFIC NOISE; AIRCRAFT; CAR; CLINICAL TRIAL; EUROPE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY;

AGED; AIRCRAFT; AUTOMOBILES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84875017164     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.02.034     Document Type: Article

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