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Guidelines for community noise

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The article was published on 1999-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1214 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Noise.

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Auditory and non-auditory effects of noise on health

TL;DR: The importance of adequate noise prevention and mitigation strategies for public health is stressed, as Observational and experimental studies have shown that noise exposure leads to annoyance, disturbs sleep and causes daytime sleepiness.
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A Review of the Research Literature on Evidence-Based Healthcare Design

TL;DR: This review found a growing body of rigorous studies to guide healthcare design, especially with respect to reducing the frequency of hospital-acquired infections and the state of knowledge of evidence-based healthcare design has grown rapidly in recent years.
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The built environment and mental health.

TL;DR: The built environment has direct and indirect effects on mental health, and personal control, socially supportive relationships, and restoration from stress and fatigue are all affected by properties of the built environment.
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Rebooting Psychotherapy Research and Practice to Reduce the Burden of Mental Illness

TL;DR: Various models of delivery are illustrated to convey opportunities provided by technology, special settings and nontraditional service providers, self-help interventions, and the media for reducing the burden of mental illness.

Auditory and non-auditory eff ects of noise on health

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors stress the importance of adequate noise prevention and mitigation strategies for public health and stress that noise exposure leads to annoyance, disturbs sleep and causes daytime sleepiness, aff ects patient outcomes and staff performance in hospitals, increases the occurrence of hypertension and cardiovascular disease, and impairs cognitive performance in schoolchildren.
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