Road-traffic noise: Annoyance, risk perception, and noise sensitivity in the finnish adult population

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 5712-5734

  Okokon, Enembe Oku ^a   Turunen, Anu W ^a   Ung Lanki, Sari ^a   Vartiainen, Anna Kaisa ^a   Tiittanen, Pekka ^a   Lanki, Timo ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Environmental noise; Noise annoyance; Noise sensitivity; Road traffic exhaust; Road traffic noise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; NOISE POLLUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION; ROAD;

ACOUSTIC STRESS; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; FINN (CITIZEN); HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE POLLUTION; NOISE SENSITIVITY; PREVALENCE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SELF REPORT; TRAFFIC NOISE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAR; FINLAND; HEARING; IRRITABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

FINLAND;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUTOMOBILES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; IRRITABLE MOOD; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; SELF REPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84930665903     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120605712     Document Type: Article

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