ANNOYANCE REACTIONS TO TRAFFIC NOISE IN ITALY AND SWEDEN; A COMPARATIVE STUDY

ANNOYANCE REACTIONS TO MOTOR VEHICLE NOISE HAVE BEEN STUDIED IN SWEDEN AND ITALY. EVERY POSSIBLE CARE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO ASSURE THAT THE INTERVIEW FORMS USED TO MEASURE REACTIONS HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED ADEQUATELY. EXPOSURE FACTORS HAVE BEEN STRATIFIED STRICTLY. NEVERTHELESS A DIFFERENCE IN EXPOSURE COULD BE DETECTED WHEN CHECK MEASUREMENTS WERE CARRIED OUT. DESPITE A HIGHER NOISE LEVEL IN ITALIAN HOMES, ANNOYANCE REACTIONS WERE FEWER. THIS INVESTIGATION STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF INVESTIGATING POSSIBLE DIFFERENCES IN REACTIONS IN ORDER TO MAKE VALID COMPARISONS BETWEEN RESULTS OF ANNOYANCE STUDIES CARRIED OUT IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 19, No 5, PP 692-699
• Corporate Authors:

  Statens Inst for Folkhalsan /Swed

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• Authors:
  • Jonsson, E
• Publication Date: 1969-11

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Archives of Environmental Health
  • Publisher: Heldref Publications

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Foreign; Interviewing; Motor vehicles; Traffic noise
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223206
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 26 1970 12:00AM