SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019
Road Traffic Noise Exposure and Birth Outcomes: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The prevalence of occupational exposure to noise: A systematic review and meta-analysis from the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-related Burden of Disease and Injury.Environment international · 2021Pooled it
- Prevalence of and Factors Associated with School Bullying in Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Cross-Cultural Meta-Analysis.Yonsei medical journal · 2020Pooled it
- Evidence for Environmental Noise Effects on Health for the United Kingdom Policy Context: A Systematic Review of the Effects of Environmental Noise on Mental Health, Wellbeing, Quality of Life, Cancer, Dementia, Birth, Reproductive Outcomes, and Cognition.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- An Actual Natural Setting Improves Mood Better Than Its Virtual Counterpart: A Meta-Analysis of Experimental Data.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Pooled it
- Road Traffic Noise Exposure and Depression/Anxiety: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
- Prenatal road traffic noise impairs early testicular development in Sprague-Dawley offspring: pharmacological rescue by melatonin and edaravone; developmental preservation by environmental enrichment.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026Article
- Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Birth Weight: The Roles of Noise, Placental Function, Green Space, Physical Activity, and Socioeconomic Status (FRONTIER).Research report (Health Effects Institute) · 2026Article
- Maternal environmental noise exposure during the periconceptional period and risk of congenital heart disease in offspring: a case-control study in Northwest China.Frontiers in public health · 2026Observational
- Evaluation of fetal exposure to environmental noise using a computer-generated model.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Birth Outcomes among Infants Born between 2006 and 2018 after Maternal Exposure during Pregnancy to Ultrafine Particles from Aviation around a Large International Airport in the Netherlands.Environmental health perspectives · 2025Article
- Impacts of Vehicle Emission Regulations and Local Congestion Policies on Birth Outcomes Associated with Traffic Air Pollution.Research report (Health Effects Institute) · 2025Article
- How many adults have sufficient muscle-strengthening exercise and the associated factors: A systematic review consisting of 2,629,508 participants.Journal of exercise science and fitness · 2024Review
- A Comprehensive Review on Social Inequalities and Pregnancy Outcome-Identification of Relevant Pathways and Mechanisms.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Noise as a cause of neurodegenerative disorders: molecular and cellular mechanisms.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2022Review
- Association between exposure to road traffic noise and hearing impairment: a case-control study.Journal of environmental health science & engineering · 2021Article
- Association between moderated level of air pollution and fetal growth: the potential role of noise exposure.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- University Students' Self-Rated Health in Relation to Perceived Acoustic Environment during the COVID-19 Home Quarantine.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Ambient Air Pollution, Extreme Temperatures and Birth Outcomes: A Protocol for an Umbrella Review, Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Foundational Approaches to Advancing Hearing Health Equity: A Primer in Social Epidemiology.Ear and hearingReview
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Abstract
Unlike the other WHO evidence reviews, the systematic review on birth outcomes could not provide a quantitative estimate of the effect of environmental noise. With that in mind, we aimed to update it with additional studies published through to 12 May, 2019 to allow for a formal meta-analysis of the association of residential road traffic noise with birth weight, low birth weight (LBW), small for gestational age (SGA), and preterm birth (PTB). The quality effects and random effects estimators were used for meta-analysis and the robustness of findings was tested in several sensitivity analyses. Nine studies were included in the qualitative synthesis, from which we extracted seven estimates for birth weight (
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