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Environmental noise, sleep and health.

Alain Muzet
- 01 Apr 2007 - 
- Vol. 11, Iss: 2, pp 135-142
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Over the past 30 years, research into environmental noise and sleep has focused on different situations and environments, and therefore the findings are variable, but it still seems necessary for some fundamental questions to be answered on whether environmental noise has long-term detrimental effects on health and quality of life and, if so, what these effects are for night-time, noise-exposed populations.
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This article is published in Sleep Medicine Reviews.The article was published on 2007-04-01. It has received 672 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Environmental noise & Noise.

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Effects of railway noise and vibrations on dissatisfaction of residents: case study of Iran

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The Effects of Noise on Man

TL;DR: Book on noise effects on man covering audiometry, aural reflex, hearing damage risk, physiological responses, motor performance and speech communication.
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Self-reported sleep disturbances in employed women.

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- 01 Dec 1960 - 
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Aircraft noise and mental health: I. Prevalence of individual symptoms.

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