Diabetes mellitus is one of the leading causes for disability and mortality in modern
societies. Apart from personal factors its incidence might be influenced by environmental …

Relationships between indoor building conditions and wellbeing of occupants are complex;
many indoor stressors can exert their effects additively or through complex interactions. It …

Multiple cross-sectional studies indicated an association between hypertension and road
traffic noise and they were recently synthetized in a WHO systematic evidence review …

Wind turbines emit low frequency noise (LFN) and large turbines generally generate more
LFN than small turbines. The dominant source of LFN is the interaction between incoming …

Most governmental initiatives in India, to leash down urban air pollution, have yielded little
results till date, largely due to purely technocratic vision, which is shrouded by technological …

This paper presents a literature review on urban green space benefits and values and
discusses green space qualities that are important in providing ecosystem services for …

BACKGROUND: The WHO has recognized environmental noise as harmful pollution that
causes adverse psychosocial and physiologic effects (ie, annoyance and sleep disturbance) …

Background: Road traffic is a major source of air pollution and noise. Both exposures have
been associated with hypertension in adults, but pregnant women have been less studied …

Background The urban soundscape, which represents the totality of noise in the urban
setting, is formed from a wide range of sources. One of the most ubiquitous and least studied …

Objectives To explore social inequalities in residential exposure to road traffic noise in an
urban area. Methods Environmental injustice in road traffic noise exposure was investigated …