Annoyance evaluation due to overall railway noise and vibration in Pisa urban areas

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 568, Issue , 2016, Pages 1315-1325

  Licitra, Gaetano ^a,b   Fredianelli, Luca ^c   Petri, Davide ^c   Vigotti, Maria Angela ^b,c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Annoyance dose effect relationships; Marshalling yards; Measurements and simulations; Railway noise; Squeal noise; Urban noise; Vibration

Indexed keywords

NOISE POLLUTION; RAILROAD PLANT AND STRUCTURES; RAILROADS; SIGNALING; TRANSPORTATION; UNLOADING;

DOSE-EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS; MARSHALLING YARDS; RAILWAY NOISE; SQUEAL NOISE; URBAN NOISE; VIBRATION;

RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

DISTURBANCE; MODELING; NOISE; NOISE POLLUTION; RAILWAY; URBAN AREA; VIBRATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; NOISE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAILWAY; SAMPLE SIZE; URBAN AREA; VIBRATION; ANIMAL; CAT; IRRITABILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC NOISE; URBAN POPULATION;

ITALY; PISA [PISA (PRV)]; PISA [TUSCANY]; TUSCANY;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CATS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE MOOD; ITALY; MALE; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; URBAN POPULATION; VIBRATION;

EID: 84953432492     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.11.071     Document Type: Article

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