Road traffic noise and annoyance: A quantification of the effect of quiet side exposure at dwellings

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 22582270-

  de Kluizenaar, Yvonne ^a   Janssen, Sabine A ^a   Vos, Henk ^a   Salomons, Erik M ^a   Zhou, Han ^a   van den Berg, Frits ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b Municipality of Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environmental noise; Exposure assessment; Noise annoyance; Quiet side; Road traffic noise; Transmission modeling

Indexed keywords

MODELING; NOISE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; ROAD TRANSPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NOISE MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RELATIVE QUIETNESS; SOUND RELATED PHENOMENA; TRAFFIC NOISE; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

AMSTERDAM [NORTH HOLLAND]; NETHERLANDS; NORTH HOLLAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; NETHERLANDS; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891645601     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10062258     Document Type: Article

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