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Road traffic noise and children’s inattention [PDF]

Environmental 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, Norun Hjertager Krog, Bente Oftedal, Per Magnus, Simon Øverland, Stephen Stansfeld, Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen, Martine Vrijheid, Montserrat de Castro Pascual, Gunn Marit Aasvang   +9 more
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Road traffic noise affects annoyance during urban built and forest walks, but not repetitive negative thinking or connectedness with non-human nature: A randomized controlled trial. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
Previous research has examined the potential of exposure to greenspaces to reduce maladaptive emotion regulation strategies, such as repetitive negative thinking, and to foster connectedness with non-human nature.
Julia Schaupp, Jean-Marc Wunderli, Beat Schäffer, Karin Hediger, Nicole Bauer   +4 more
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Road Traffic Noise, Obesity, and the Risk of Incident Type 2 Diabetes: A Cohort Study in UK Biobank [PDF]

International Journal of Public Health, 2022
Objectives: To assess the association of road traffic noise exposure with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) risk, and to explore the potential moderation effect of obesity.Methods: A total of 305,969 participants from the UK Biobank Cohort - an open access cohort of
Lei Zuo, Xia Chen, Mingliang Liu, Li Chen, Wenbin Xu, Haiyan Chen, Shan Dong, Yuan Wei, Liangming Li, Liangming Li, Shuang Peng, Shuang Peng, Guang Hao, Guang Hao   +13 more
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Modelling of road traffic noise [PDF]

MATEC Web of Conferences, 2018
Effective implementation of the EC Communication relating to urban mobility is dependent on adopting relevant indicators that will allow comprehensive assessment of the measures undertaken under the urban mobility plan.
Bąkowski Andrzej, Radziszewski Leszek, Dekys Vladimir   +2 more
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Impact of road traffic noise on annoyance and preventable mortality in European cities: A health impact assessment

Environment International, 2022
Background: Road traffic is the main source of environmental noise in European cities and one of the main environmental risks to health and wellbeing. In this study we aimed to provide an in-depth assessment of available road traffic noise data and to ...
Sasha Khomenko, Marta Cirach, Jose Barrera-Gómez, Evelise Pereira-Barboza, Tamara Iungman, Natalie Mueller, Maria Foraster, Cathryn Tonne, Meelan Thondoo, Calvin Jephcote, John Gulliver, James Woodcock, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen   +12 more
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Road traffic noise and breast cancer: DNA methylation in four core circadian genes [PDF]

Clinical Epigenetics
Background Transportation noise has been linked with breast cancer, but existing literature is conflicting. One proposed mechanism is that transportation noise disrupts sleep and the circadian rhythm.
Jesse D. Thacher, Anastasiia Snigireva, Ulrike Maria Dauter, Mathilde N. Delaval, Anna Oudin, Kristoffer Mattisson, Mette Sørensen, Signe Borgquist, Maria Albin, Karin Broberg   +9 more
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Policy and societal relevance of traffic noise models in urban zones [PDF]

International Journal of Human Capital in Urban Management, 2022
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Road traffic noise is a matter of challenge for both people and policymakers. For instance, the price of lands/houses which are close to road traffic noise is reduced.
S.S. Ahmadi Dehrashid, H.R. Jafari, A. Amjadi   +2 more
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Treatment of road traffic noise in EU countries with a focus on Directive 2002/49/EC

Science, Engineering and Technology, 2021
The trend of continuous increase for mobility requirements results in a progressive increase in the use of vehicles of all modes of transport, which contributes to a significant increase in noise levels, especially in urban areas.
Adnan Omerhodžić, Samir Džaferović
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Assessment of Road Noise Pollution in Urban Residential Areas—A Case Study in Piteşti, Romania

Applied Sciences, 2022
The paper addresses the problem of urban road noise, in the context of the European legislative requirements regarding noise pollution. The second noise mapping in Pitesti city, revealed that despite the proposed action plan after the first noise mapping,
Aurel Mihail Titu, Andrei Alexandru Boroiu, Sorin Mihailescu, Alina Bianca Pop, Alexandru Boroiu   +4 more
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Road traffic noise and hypertension [PDF]

Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2006
Background:It has been suggested that noise exposure increases the risk of hypertension. Road traffic is the dominant source of community noise exposure.Objective:To study the association between exposure to residential road traffic noise and hypertension in an urban municipality.Methods:The study population comprised randomly selected subjects aged 19–
Gösta, Leon Bluhm, Niklas, Berglind, Emma, Nordling, Mats, Rosenlund   +3 more
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