Statistical modeling of the spatial variability of environmental noise levels in Montreal, Canada, using noise measurements and land use characteristics

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 597-605

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

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

land use regression; noise exposure; transportation noise

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; QUEBEC; RAILWAY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC NOISE; WEATHER;

AIRCRAFT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; QUEBEC; RAILROADS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WEATHER;

EID: 84953328445     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2015.82     Document Type: Article

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