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Environmental Noise and Annoyance in the Urban Area at Different Time Intervals

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Environmental (community) noise, particularly road traffic noise, has attracted widespread attention in recent decades as a major environmental health concern. The aim of the study was to determine the impact of environmental noise on psychosocial well-being of young healthy individuals and to follow the time trends of exposure in the period of 10, 15, 20, 25 years. The validated methodology was used to assess noise annoyance, interference with activities and sleep disturbance; the objectification of noise levels was done by direct measurement using sound level analyzer with a module for frequency analysis. The results revealed the sharp increase during the years 1989 and 1999 (the period of political and socio-economic transformation and the changes in traffic management) and the decrease in the year 2013. The findings of our study indicate the need for preventive measures to reduce environmental noise exposure in residential areas and to emphasize the importance of the elaboration of methods for environmental noise exposure risk assessment.

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Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 617)

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110-115

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https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.617.110

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August 2014

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Ľubica Argalášová*, Jana Jurkovičová, Ludmila Ševčíková, Zuzana Štefániková, Katarína Hirošová, Jana Babjaková, Andrea Kánovicsová, Alexandra Filová

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Annoyance, Environmental Noise, Health Risk Assessment, Urban Area, Young Healthy Individuals

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