Noise and somatic symptoms: A role for personality traits?

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 218, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 543-549

  Zijlema, W L ^a   Morley, D W ^b   Stolk, R P ^a   Rosmalen, J G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hostility; Neuroticism; Noise annoyance; Road traffic noise; Somatic symptoms; Vulnerability to stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NOISE; PERSONALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC NOISE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NOISE; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; PERSONALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84983150640     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2015.05.001     Document Type: Article

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