Aims Road traffic noise has been associated with hypertension but evidence for the long-
term effects on hospital admissions and mortality is limited. We examined the effects of long …

This systematic review assesses the quality of the evidence across studies on the effect of
environmental noise (road traffic noise, aircraft noise, railway noise, wind-turbine noise) on …

The health impacts of environmental noise (EN) are a growing concern among both the
general public and policy-makers in Europe. In 2011, the World Health Organization (WHO) …

Noise exposure is affecting health-related quality of life (HRQoL). There are many modelling
approaches linking specific noise sources with single health-related outcomes. However, an …

Prospective evidence on the risk of depression in relation to transportation noise exposure
and noise annoyance is limited and mixed. We aimed to investigate the associations of long …

Background Cross-sectional studies have shown that noise annoyance is strongly
associated with mental distress, however, its long-term effects on mental health is unknown …

Background Noise exposure is a well-known risk factor for multiple adverse health effects.
Annoyance is the most prevalent response to environmental noise and may result in …

Background Most epidemiological noise studies consider 24 h average noise exposure
levels. Our aim was to exploratively analyze the impact of noise exposure at different time …

Environmental noise exposure has been shown to affect children's cognition, but the
concept of cognition is multifaceted, and studies on associations with noise are still …

Traffic noise is nearly ubiquitous and thus can affect the health of many people. Using the
German noise mapping data according to the Directive 2002/49/EC of 2017 and exposure …