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Associations Between Self-Reported Sleep Disturbance and Environmental Noise Based on Reanalyses of Pooled Data From 24 Studies
Henk M. E. Miedema,H. Vos +1 more
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The association of noise-induced sleep disturbance with age has an inverse U-shape, with the strongest reaction found between 50 and 56 years of age.Abstract:
This study establishes functions that specify self-reported sleep disturbance in relation to the exposure to nighttime transportation noise, by reanalyzing pooled data from previous studies. Results are based on data from 28 original datasets obtained from 24 field studies (4 studies collected data regarding 2 sources) including almost 23,000 participants exposed to nighttime levels ranging from 45 to 65 dB. Functions are presented that give the percentage highly sleep disturbed, sleep disturbed, and (at least) a little sleep disturbed people due to aircraft, road traffic, and railway noise in relation to the average nighttime outdoor exposure level at the facade most exposed to the source concerned. These functions show that at the same average nighttime noise-exposure level, aircraft noise is associated with more self-reported sleep disturbance than road traffic, and road traffic noise is associated with more sleep disturbance than railways. The association of noise-induced sleep disturbance with age has an inverse U-shape, with the strongest reaction found between 50 and 56 years of age.read more
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Burden of Disease from Environmental Noise: Quantification of Healthy Life Years Lost in Europe
TL;DR: Policy-makers and their advisers are provided with technical support in their quantitative risk assessment of environmental noise and can use the procedure for estimating burdens presented here to prioritize and plan environmental and public health policies.
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Audrey de Nazelle,Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen,Josep M. Antó,Michael Brauer,David J. Briggs,Charlotte Braun-Fahrländer,Nick Cavill,Ashley R Cooper,Hélène Desqueyroux,Scott Fruin,Gerard Hoek,Luc Int Panis,Nicole A.H. Janssen,Michael Jerrett,Michael Joffe,Zorana Jovanovic Andersen,Elise van Kempen,Simon Kingham,Nadine Kubesch,Kevin M. Leyden,Kevin M. Leyden,Julian D. Marshall,Jaume Matamala,Giorgos Mellios,Michelle A. Mendez,Hala Nassif,David Ogilvie,Rosana Peiró,Katherine Pérez,Ari Rabl,Martina S. Ragettli,Daniel A. Rodriguez,David Rojas,Pablo Ruiz,James F. Sallis,Jeroen Terwoert,Jean-François Toussaint,Jouni T. Tuomisto,Moniek Zuurbier,Erik Lebret +39 more
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Environmental/lifestyle factors in the pathogenesis and prevention of type 2 diabetes
Hubert Kolb,Stephan Martin +1 more
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WHO Environmental Noise Guidelines for the European Region: A Systematic Review on Environmental Noise and Effects on Sleep.
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Long-term exposure to road traffic noise and incident diabetes: a cohort study.
Mette Sørensen,Zorana Jovanovic Andersen,Rikke Baastrup Nordsborg,Thomas Becker,Anne Tjønneland,Kim Overvad,Ole Raaschou-Nielsen +6 more
TL;DR: Exposure to residential road traffic noise was associated with a higher risk of diabetes in the population-based Danish Diet, Cancer and Health cohort, providing further evidence that urban noise may adversely influence population health.
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