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Health effects of traffic noise

Abstract

In 57 test persons having worked 1 day under traffic noise (Leq = 85 dB(A) and 1 day without noise (Leq < 50 dB(A)), blood pressure and pulse frequency were measured at 1 h intervals and total urine was collected during working hours. Additionally, blood was sampled at the end of each working day. Psychological parameters were assessed by means of questionnaires. Statistically significant reactions to noise were found in the following fields: 1. Ergonomics: decrease of working quality; 2. Psychology: increase of psychical tension; 3. Blood circulation: increase of blood pressure and pulse frequency; 4. Biochemistry: increase of epinephrine, cAMP, urine and serum Mg, protein, cholesterol plus decrease of erythrocyte Na, and renin. Hypothetical mechanisms of the action of traffic noise are discussed.
Publication Date:
Nov 01, 1980
Product Type:
Journal Article
Reference Number:
EDB-82-023369
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Int. Arch. Occup. Environ. Health; (Germany, Federal Republic of); Journal Volume: 47:2
Subject:
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; NOISE; HEALTH HAZARDS; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; NOISE POLLUTION; ADRENALINE; AMP; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD CIRCULATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD SERUM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; MAGNESIUM; PROTEINS; QUANTITY RATIO; RENIN; URINE; ADRENAL HORMONES; ALKALINE EARTH METALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOLOGICAL WASTES; BODY FLUIDS; CARDIOTONICS; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; DISEASES; DRUGS; ELEMENTS; ENZYMES; HAZARDS; HORMONES; HYDROLASES; HYDROXY COMPOUNDS; MATERIALS; METALS; NEUROREGULATORS; NONSPECIFIC PEPTIDASES; NUCLEOTIDES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; POLLUTION; STEROID HORMONES; STEROIDS; STEROLS; SYMPATHOMIMETICS; WASTES; 560400* - Other Environmental Pollutant Effects
OSTI ID:
5962129
Country of Origin:
Germany
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: CODEN: IAEHD
Submitting Site:
DE
Size:
Pages: 179-190
Announcement Date:
Sep 01, 1981

Citation Formats

Ising, H, Dienel, D, Guenther, T, and Markert, B. Health effects of traffic noise. Germany: N. p., 1980. Web. doi:10.1007/BF00716376.
Ising, H, Dienel, D, Guenther, T, &amp; Markert, B. Health effects of traffic noise. Germany. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00716376
Ising, H, Dienel, D, Guenther, T, and Markert, B. 1980. "Health effects of traffic noise." Germany. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00716376.
@misc{etde_5962129,
title = {Health effects of traffic noise}
author = {Ising, H, Dienel, D, Guenther, T, and Markert, B}
abstractNote = {In 57 test persons having worked 1 day under traffic noise (Leq = 85 dB(A) and 1 day without noise (Leq < 50 dB(A)), blood pressure and pulse frequency were measured at 1 h intervals and total urine was collected during working hours. Additionally, blood was sampled at the end of each working day. Psychological parameters were assessed by means of questionnaires. Statistically significant reactions to noise were found in the following fields: 1. Ergonomics: decrease of working quality; 2. Psychology: increase of psychical tension; 3. Blood circulation: increase of blood pressure and pulse frequency; 4. Biochemistry: increase of epinephrine, cAMP, urine and serum Mg, protein, cholesterol plus decrease of erythrocyte Na, and renin. Hypothetical mechanisms of the action of traffic noise are discussed.}
doi = {10.1007/BF00716376}
journal = []
volume = {47:2}
journal type = {AC}
place = {Germany}
year = {1980}
month = {Nov}
}