Linking traffic noise, noise annoyance and life satisfaction: A case study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1895-1915

  Urban, Jan ^a   Máca, Vojtěch ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Life satisfaction; Noise annoyance; Residential satisfaction; Traffic noise

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEALTH RISK; LIVING STANDARD; NOISE POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; RESIDENTIAL SATISFACTION; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SATISFACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SENSIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TRAFFIC NOISE; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CITY; DEMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; NOISE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RAILWAY; THEORETICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CITIES; CZECH REPUBLIC; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTOR VEHICLES; NOISE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RAILROADS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84877655891     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10051895     Document Type: Article

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