Place effects on noise annoyance: Cumulative exposures, odour annoyance and noise sensitivity as mediators of environmental context

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 116, Issue , 2015, Pages 183-193

  Oiamo, Tor H ^a   Baxter, Jamie ^a   Grgicak Mannion, Alice ^b   Xu, Xiaohong ^c   Luginaah, Isaac N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cumulative exposure; Exposure assessment; Nitrogen dioxide; Noise annoyance; Noise sensitivity; Odour annoyance; Traffic noise

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; NOISE POLLUTION; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL;

CUMULATIVE EXPOSURES; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; NITROGEN DIOXIDES; NOISE ANNOYANCE; NOISE SENSITIVITY; TRAFFIC NOISE;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; NEIGHBORHOOD; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NOISE; NOISE POLLUTION; ODOR; PERCEPTION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; HEARING; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; NEIGHBORHOOD; NOISE POLLUTION; ODOR; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC NOISE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84936744602     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.06.024     Document Type: Article

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