Chronic Noise Exposure and Physiological Response: A Prospective Study of Children Living under Environmental Stress |
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| Authors: | Gary W. Evans,Monika Bullinger,& Staffan Hygge |
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| Affiliation: | Cornell University,;Universitätskrankenhaus Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany,;Kungl Tekniska Högskolan, Gäavle, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | Chronic exposure to aircraft noise elevated psychophysiological stress (resting blood pressure and overnight epinephrine and nonepinephrine) and depressed quality-of-life indicators over a 2-year period among 9- to 11-year-old children. Data collected before and after the inauguration of a major new international airport in noise-impacted and comparison communities show that noise significantly elevates stress among children at ambient levels far below those necessary to produce hearing damage. |
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