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Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on festival celebrations and noise pollution levels [PDF]

open access: yesNoise Mapping, 2021
India is a country where every religion and community celebrates their culture. Festivals have an important role in Indian culture and are celebrated whole-heartedly by the citizens.
Kalawapudi Komal   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

A comprehensive review of noise pollution monitoring studies at bus transit terminals [PDF]

open access: yesNoise Mapping
This article systematically reviews research on noise pollution monitoring conducted over the past 23 years at various bus transit terminals located worldwide. About 18 articles were identified using PRISMA method and were evaluated to provide summary of
Kumari Supriya   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Corn plants as temporary acoustic barrier to limit the effects of noise pollution [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Corn is a cereal imported into Europe from the Americas. It is used for human and animal feed, but there are also industrial uses such as the production of ethanol, of fuel for heating homes, or the production of starch. Corn grows in the summer in areas
Ciaburro G.   +2 more
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Potential role of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons as mediators of cardiovascular effects from combustion particles

open access: yesEnvironmental Health, 2019
Air pollution is the most important environmental risk factor for disease and premature death, and exposure to combustion particles from vehicles is a major contributor.
Jørn A. Holme   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Controlled human exposures to wood smoke: a synthesis of the evidence

open access: yesParticle and Fibre Toxicology, 2020
Background Exposure to particulate matter (PM) from wood combustion represents a global health risk, encompassing diverse exposure sources; indoor exposures due to cooking in developing countries, ambient PM exposures from residential wood combustion in ...
Carley Schwartz   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bibliometric analysis of research relating to noise pollution reported over the period 2001–2020

open access: yesOne Health & Risk Management, 2023
Introduction In the new globalized world, noise pollution has started to become a public health problem. We searched for publications about noise pollution in our study.
Erhan KAYA, Musa ŞAHIN, Onur ACAR
doaj   +1 more source

Activation of Proinflammatory Responses in Cells of the Airway Mucosa by Particulate Matter: Oxidant- and Non-Oxidant-Mediated Triggering Mechanisms

open access: yesBiomolecules, 2015
Inflammation is considered to play a central role in a diverse range of disease outcomes associated with exposure to various types of inhalable particulates.
Johan Øvrevik   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development of an open-source road traffic noise model for exposure assessment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This paper describes the development of a model for assessing TRAffic Noise EXposure (TRANEX) in an open-source geographic information system. Instead of using proprietary software we developed our own model for two main reasons: 1) so that the treatment
Beevers, Sean   +11 more
core   +1 more source

The Determination of Factors that Influence the Noise Pollution in Malaysia using Fuzzy Logic

open access: yesJournal of Computing Research and Innovation, 2020
Nowadays, the economy of our country has increased, so the use of transport, whether on land or by air, has also increased. This will lead to noise pollution, which will have an impact on human health.
Mohd Fazril Izhar Mohd Idris   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Road traffic noise and children’s inattention

open access: yesEnvironmental Health, 2017
Background An increasing number of children are exposed to road traffic noise levels that may lead to adverse effects on health and daily functioning. Childhood is a period of intense growth and brain maturation, and children may therefore be especially ...
Kjell Vegard Weyde   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

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