Noise emitted from road, rail and air traffic and their effects on sleep
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"Noise emitted from road, rail and a..." refers background in this paper
...But the underlying concept of energy equivalence is debated, at least in view of a meta-analysis which, based on 55 social surveys with overall about 58 000 interviews, has clearly shown that aircraft annoys most and rail noise the least, whereas road traffic noise has an intermediate position [2,3]....
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...This ‘bonus’ bases on extended social surveys whereafter aircraft noise annoys most and rail noise the least, which was most clearly shown by the meta-analysis performed by Miedema and co-workers [2,3]....
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...Type of traffic noise The hypothesis adopted for this study bases firstly on the replicated observation that man responds more likely to meaningful than to neutral noises even during sleep [7,8] and secondly on a meta-analysis according to which aircraft noise annoys most and rail noise the least [2,3]....
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"Noise emitted from road, rail and a..." refers methods in this paper
...So, this study relied on the polysomnogram which was recorded and evaluated according to internationally accepted criteria [9]....
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...Polysomnogram The polysomnogram (2 EEG, 2 EOG, 1 EMG) was continuously recorded throughout the nights and evaluated according to international recommendations [9]....
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