Adverse effects of noise exposure on health: a state of the art summary
report
This document is prepared by order of the Department of Technology Assessment of the University of Stuttgart, within the framework of UNITE (UNIfication of accounts and marginal costs for Transport Efficiency). Within the UNITE program, exposure-effect relationships are needed for a monetary valuation of transportation noise. The aim of this project is to give an overview of the state-of-the-art of noise effects research and to provide an overview of exposure-effect relationships. Available exposure-effect relationships are given for the effects of transportation noise on various health aspects in the living environment, in offices and other otherwise quiet working environments and recreational areas. Some of these relationships are well established, others are of a preliminary nature. In addition, an estimate of the importance and occurrence of different types of effects in the Netherlands is given. With respect to disturbances during outdoors recreation, results of a number of investigations carried out in National Parks in the United States are reviewed. However, it is uncertain whether these relationships can be applied in Europe, where conditions are different.
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TNO Identifier
324240
Publisher
TNO
Collation
22 p.
Place of publication
Leiden