The association of sleep with neighborhood physical and social environment.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

While sleep is critical for good health, it remains a major public health concern because millions of individuals do not obtain a sufficient amount of sleep at night to reap proper health benefits. When examining factors that contribute to deleterious sleep outcomes, few researchers to date have examined the physical and social environments together.

Study design

This article is an analytical essay.

Methods

In the present study, 18 empirical articles on environmental factors that promote sleep loss were analyzed and synthesized according to the study type, exposure measures, outcome measures, methodology, and findings.

Results

Data from the literature demonstrate that neighborhood airplane, roadway, and rail noise pollution; air pollution from ozone

SUBMITTER: Hunter JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6269089 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature