Annoyance from road traffic, trains, airplanes and from total environmental noise levels

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ragettli, Martina S ^a,b,c,d   Goudreau, Sophie ^b   Plante, Céline ^b   Perron, Stéphane ^b   Fournier, Michel ^b   Smargiassi, Audrey ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Public Health Department of Montreal   (Canada)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Annoyance; Canada; Environmental noise; Exposure; Transportation

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; NOISE; NOISE POLLUTION; ROAD TRAFFIC; TRAIN; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGED; AIRCRAFT; ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PREVALENCE; RAILWAY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL NOISE MODEL; TELEPHONE; TOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE LEVEL; TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CAR; HEALTH SURVEY; IRRITABILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC NOISE;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRCRAFT; AUTOMOBILES; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRRITABLE MOOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS;

EID: 84952802572     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13010090     Document Type: Article

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