City dweller responses to multiple stressors intruding into their homes: Noise, light, odour, and vibration

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 3246-3263

  Pedersen, Eja ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Annoyance; Environmental stressors; General health; Light; Noise; Odour; Place attachment; Quality of life; Sensitivity; Vibration

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; LIGHT; NOISE POLLUTION; ODOR; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH; HEALTH; HOUSING; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; LIGHT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; ODOR; PLACE ATTACHMENT; PLACE RELATION; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RESIDENTIAL SATISFACTION; SATISFACTION; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODEL; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; VIBRATION; WELLBEING; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; MENTAL STRESS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

HALLAND; HALMSTAD; SWEDEN;

FRAGRANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NOISE; ODORANTS; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; URBAN HEALTH; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927599106     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120303246     Document Type: Article

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