Noise-related sleep disturbances: Does gender matter?

Noise and Health

Volumn 16, Issue 71, 2014, Pages 197-204

  Röösli, Martin ^a,b   Mohler, Evelyn ^a,b   Frei, Patrizia ^a,b,c   Vienneau, Danielle ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c Swiss Cancer League   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Actimeter; gender; nocturnal road traffic noise; noise annoyance; noise modeling; sleep disturbances

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NOISE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; TRAFFIC NOISE;

ACTIGRAPHY; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NOISE; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 84905721216     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.137036     Document Type: Article

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