Mental health as context rather than health outcome of noise: Competing hyptheses regarding the role of sensitivity, perceived soundscapes and restoration

42nd International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering 2013, INTER-NOISE 2013: Noise Control for Quality of Life

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages 4920-4927

  Van Kamp, Irene ^a   Van Kempen, Elise ^a   Baliatsas, Christos ^a,b   Houthuijs, Danny ^a  

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

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL; RESTORATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITIES; HEALTH OUTCOMES; MENTAL HEALTH; NOISE SENSITIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS; QUIET AREAS;

HEALTH;

EID: 84904488917     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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