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Noise pollution

About: Noise pollution is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 4455 publications have been published within this topic receiving 67192 citations.


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01 Feb 2003-Cities
TL;DR: Around the main roads inside the urban perimeter of Curitiba, simultaneous measurements were done regarding noise levels, vehicle flow and traffic composition and thus some mathematical models have been developed in order to estimate sound pressure levels.

142 citations

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TL;DR: The cognitive results indicate that chronic aircraft noise exposure does not always lead to generalized cognitive effects but, rather, more selective cognitive impairments on difficult cognitive tests in children.
Abstract: Background. Previous field studies have indicated that children's cognitive performance is impaired by chronic aircraft noise exposure. However, these studies have not been of sufficient size to account adequately for the role of confounding factors. The objective of this study was to test whether cognitive impairments and stress responses (catecholamines, cortisol and perceived stress) are attributable to aircraft noise exposure after adjustment for school and individual level confounding factors and to examine whether children exposed to high levels of social disadvantage are at greater risk of noise effects. Methods. The cognitive performance and health of 451 children aged 8-11 years, attending 10 schools in high aircraft noise areas (16 h outdoor Leq > 63 dBA) was compared with children attending 10 matched control schools exposed to lower levels of aircraft noise (16 h outdoor Leq < 57 dBA). Results. Noise exposure was associated with impaired reading on difficult items and raised annoyance, after adjustment for age, main language spoken and household deprivation. There was no variation in the size of the noise effects in vulnerable subgroups of children. High levels of noise exposure were not associated with impairments in mean reading score, memory and attention or stress responses. Aircraft noise was weakly associated with hyperactivity and psychological morbidity. Conclusions. Chronic noise exposure is associated with raised noise annoyance in children. The cognitive results indicate that chronic aircraft noise exposure does not always lead to generalized cognitive effects but, rather, more selective cognitive impairments on difficult cognitive tests in children.

142 citations

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TL;DR: There is a significant potential for developing a standard tool to assess combined exposure of traffic related air and noise pollution to facilitate health related studies and GIS, due to its geographic nature, is well established and has a significant capability to simultaneously address both exposures.

141 citations

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TL;DR: Investigation of the sound environment of public parks in Curitiba using a soundscape study model confirmed the strong influence of traffic noise on the soundscapes of the parks.

141 citations

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TL;DR: Evidence of racial/ethnic and socioeconomic differences in model-based estimates of noise exposure throughout the United States is found, and for daytime and nighttime noise and robust to different spatial weight and neighbor definitions.
Abstract: Background: Prior research has reported disparities in environmental exposures in the United States, but, to our knowledge, no nationwide studies have assessed inequality in noise pollution. Object...

140 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
2023195
2022391
2021227
2020216
2019231
2018235