Residential road traffic noise and general mental health in youth: The role of noise annoyance, neighborhood restorative quality, physical activity, and social cohesion as potential mediators

Environment International

Volumn 109, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-9

  Dzhambov, Angel ^a   Tilov, Boris ^a,b   Markevych, Iana ^c,d   Dimitrova, Donka ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

^b University of Agribusiness and Rural Development   (Bulgaria)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anxiety; Children; Depression; Environmental noise; GHQ 12

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; NOISE POLLUTION; ROADS AND STREETS; SURVEYS;

ADOLESCENTS; ANXIETY; CHILDREN; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE; GHQ-12;

HEALTH;

ADOLESCENCE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEIGHBORHOOD; NOISE POLLUTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; ROAD TRAFFIC; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; BULGARIA; BULGARIAN (CITIZEN); CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; JUVENILE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TRAFFIC NOISE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE; HOUSING; QUESTIONNAIRE; THEORETICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

BULGARIA; PLOVDIV;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BULGARIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85029168468     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2017.09.009     Document Type: Article

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