WHO Environmental Noise Guidelines for the European Region: A Systematic Review on Environmental Noise and Annoyance.

ABSTRACT: Background: This paper describes a systematic review and meta-analyses on effects of environmental noise on annoyance. The noise sources include aircraft, road, and rail transportation noise as well as wind turbines and noise source combinations. Objectives: Update knowledge about effects of environmental noise on people living in the vicinity of noise sources. Methods: Eligible were published studies (2000-2014) providing comparable acoustical and social survey data including exposure-response functions between standard indicators of noise exposure and standard annoyance responses. The systematic literature search in 20 data bases resulted in 62 studies, of which 57 were used for quantitative meta-analyses. By means of questionnaires sent to the study authors, additional study data were o

SUBMITTER: Guski R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5750957 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature