Intermittency ratio: A metric reflecting short-term temporal variations of transportation noise exposure

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 575-585

  Wunderli, Jean Marc ^a   Pieren, Reto ^a   Habermacher, Manuel ^b   Vienneau, Danielle ^c,d   Cajochen, Christian ^e   Probst Hensch, Nicole ^c,d   Röösli, Martin ^c,d   Brink, Mark ^f  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b PrivaSphere AG   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^f Bundesamt fur Umweltschutz   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

annoyance; cardiovascular effects; emergence; fluctuation; intermittent noise; sleep disturbance

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; MAP; MENTAL STRESS; PROCEDURES; SWITZERLAND; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC NOISE;

ACOUSTICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MAPS AS TOPIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84941247868     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2015.56     Document Type: Article

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