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Postion paper on dose-effect relationships for night time noise

Introduction

Paper outlining latest findings on the relationship between exposure to night time noise and annoyance caused to people.

Description

The report describes in detail the process by which the results of a large number of studies and surveys were analysed to develop synthesised dose-response curves which can be used to estimate the number of annoyed persons or highly annoyed persons, given the night time noise exposure of their dwellings. European Commission Working Group on Health and Socio-Economic Aspects

EU involvement

Links with noise assessment Directive 2002/49/EC.

Contact info

Organisation DG Environment
http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/
Peter Gammeltoft, tel. +32 2 29 68695

Publication date

01/01/2004

Article info
Author: European Commission Working Group on Health and Socio-Economic Aspects
Organisation: Organisation DG Environment

Links

EC Noice

Postion paper on dose-effect relationships for night time noise (PDF, Eng, 1.7 MB)

Document type

policy

Themes

Urban Policy > Urban environment > Environmental sustainability

Keywords

Noise