Burden of disease due to transportation noise in the Nordic countries

CONCLUSION: Further harmonization of noise exposure data is required for between-country comparisons. Moreover, nationwide noise models indicate that DALY estimates based on END considerably underestimate national BoD due to transportation noise. The health-related burden of traffic noise was comparable to that of air pollution, an established risk factor for disease in the GBD framework. Inclusion of environmental noise as a risk factor in the GBD is strongly encouraged.PMID:37156356 | DOI:10.1016/j.envres.2023.116077

Source: Environmental Research - May 8, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Gunn Marit Aasvang Leo Stockfelt Mette S ørensen Anu W Turunen Nina Roswall Tarja Yli-Tuomi Mikael Ögren Timo Lanki Jenny Selander Natalia Vincens Andrei Pyko G öran Pershagen Gerhard Sulo Anette Kocbach B ølling Source Type: research