ArticleAmerican journal of preventive medicine2015
Valuing Quiet: An Economic Assessment of U.S. Environmental Noise as a Cardiovascular Health Hazard.
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- Efficacy of hearing conservation education programs for youth and young adults: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2018Pooled it
- Meta-analysis of job-exposure matrix data from multiple sources.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2018Pooled it
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- Projecting the economic burden of health impacts of aircraft noise: a case study of Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2025Article
- Different considerations in economic impacts of aircraft noise.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2025Article
- Community impacts of aviation noise: a pilot survey.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2025Article
- Shaping a 21Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2025Article
- Population health implications of exposure to pervasive military aircraft noise pollution.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2025Article
- Vascular Redox Signaling, Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Uncoupling, and Endothelial Dysfunction in the Setting of Transportation Noise Exposure or Chronic Treatment with Organic Nitrates.Antioxidants & redox signaling · 2023Review
- Noise Exposure and Quality of Life Among Nurses.Workplace health & safety · 2022Article
- Multirate Audio-Integrated Feedback Active Noise Control Systems Using Decimated-Band Adaptive Filters for Reducing Narrowband Noises.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Acute exposure to nocturnal train noise induces endothelial dysfunction and pro-thromboinflammatory changes of the plasma proteome in healthy subjects.Basic research in cardiology · 2019Article
- Ecology of the cardiovascular system: Part II - A focus on non-air related pollutants.Trends in cardiovascular medicine · 2019Review
- The Trade-Off between Optimizing Flight Patterns and Human Health: A Case Study of Aircraft Noise in Queens, NY, USA.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- The Adverse Effects of Environmental Noise Exposure on Oxidative Stress and Cardiovascular Risk.Antioxidants & redox signaling · 2018Review
- Occupational noise exposure and risk of hypertension in an industrial workforce.American journal of industrial medicine · 2017Article
- Environmental Determinants of Cardiovascular Disease.Circulation research · 2017Review
- A preliminary investigation of noise impact within metro stations in the urban city of Guangzhou, China.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2017Article
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Abstract
introductionEnvironmental noise pollution increases the risk for hearing loss, stress, sleep disruption, annoyance, and cardiovascular disease and has other adverse health impacts. Recent (2013) estimates suggest that more than 100 million Americans are exposed to unhealthy levels of noise. Given the pervasive nature and significant health effects of environmental noise pollution, the corresponding economic impacts may be substantial.
methodsThis 2014 economic assessment developed a new approach to estimate the impact of environmental noise on the prevalence and cost of key components of hypertension and cardiovascular disease in the U.S. By placing environmental noise in context with comparable environmental pollutants, this approach can inform public health law, planning, and policy. The effects of hypothetical national-scale changes in environmental noise levels on the prevalence and corresponding costs of hypertension and coronary heart disease were estimated, with the caveat that the national-level U.S. noise data our exposure estimates were derived from are >30 years old.
resultsThe analyses suggested that a 5-dB noise reduction scenario would reduce the prevalence of hypertension by 1.4% and coronary heart disease by 1.8%. The annual economic benefit was estimated at $3.9 billion.
conclusionsThese findings suggest significant economic impacts from environmental noise-related cardiovascular disease. Given these initial findings, noise may deserve increased priority and research as an environmental health hazard.
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