Relationship of Transportation Noise and Annoyance for Two Metropolitan Cities in Korea: Population Based Study.

ABSTRACT: Transportation noise is known to have negative impact on both public health and life quality. This study evaluated the relationship between transportation noise and annoyance levels, and also the difference of annoyance levels in two metropolitan cities based on epidemiologic surveys. Two thousand adult subjects living in Seoul and Ulsan were enrolled by stratified random sampling on the basis of noise maps from July 2015 to January 2016. Individual annoyance in accordance with transportation noise levels in two metropolitan cities were surveyed using an 11-point visual analog scale questionnaire. The results show that transportation noise level was significantly correlated with annoyance in both cities. Logistic regression analysis revealed that the risk of being 'highly annoyed' increase

SUBMITTER: Sung JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5179245 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature