Documentation:UBC/VCH Noise Workshop Resources/Publications

Exposure

Traffic Noise

Correlation between co-exposures to noise and air pollution from traffic sources.Davies HW, Vlaanderen JJ, Henderson SB, Brauer M. Occup Environ Med. 2009 May;66(5):347-50. doc: 10.1136/oem.2008.041764. Pub 2008 Nov 18. PMID: 19017692

The spatial relationship between traffic-generated air pollution and noise in 2 US cities. Allen RW, Davies H, Cohen MA, Mallach G, Kaufman JD, Adar SD. Environ Res. 2009 Apr;109(3):334-42. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2008.12.006. Epub 2009 Feb 3

Community Noise

Modeling population exposure to community noise and air pollution in a large metropolitan area.Gan WQ, McLean K, Brauer M, Chiarello SA, Davies HW. Environ Res. 2012 Jul;116:11-6. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2012.04.001. Epub 2012 Apr 20. PMID; 22520824

Land Use and Noise

Comparison of land use regression and random forests models on estimating noise levels in five Canadian cities. Liu Y, Goudreau S, Oiamo T, Rainham D, Hatzopoulou M, Chen H, Davies H, Tremblay M, Johnson J, Bockstael A, Leroux T, Smargiassi A.; Environ Pollut. 2019 Oct 10:113367. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113367. [Epub ahead of print]

Demographics

Race/Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, Residential Segregation, and Spatial Variation in Noise Exposure in the Contiguous United States. Casey JA, Morello-Frosch R, Mennitt DJ, Fristrup K, Ogburn EL, James P. Environ Health Perspect. 2017 Jul;125(7): 077017. doi: 10.1289/EHP898.

Socioeconomic and ethnic inequalities in exposure to air and noise pollution in London. Tonne C, Milà C, Fecht D, Alvarez M, Gulliver J, Smith J, Beevers S, Ross Anderson H, Kelly F. Environ Int. 2018 Jun;115: 170-179. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2018.03.023.

Health

General Health Effects

Drew K, Macfarlane R, Oiamo T, Mullaly M, Stefanova D, Campbell M. How Loud is Too Loud? Health Impacts of Environmental Noise in Toronto. Toronto: Toronto Public Health; 2017 Feb.

Behavioural Disorders

Behavioral and Emotional Disorders and Transportation Noise among Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Schubert M, Hegewald J, Freiberg A, Starke KR, Augustin F, Riedel-Heller SG, Zeeb H, Seidler A. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019 September 10;16(18):1-16. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16183336.

Cognition

Associations of long-term exposure to air pollution and road traffic noise with cognitive function-An analysis of effect measure modification. Tzivian L, Jokisch M, Winkler A, Weimar C, Hennig F, Sugiri D, Soppa VJ, Dragano N, Erbel R, Jöckel KH, Moebus S, Hoffmann B. Environ Int. 2017 Jun;103: 30-38. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2017.03.018.

Long-Term Air Pollution and Traffic Noise Exposures and Mild Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study. Tzivian L, Dlugaj M, Winkler A, Weinmayr G, Hennig F, Fuks KB, Vossoughi M, Schikowski T, Weimar C, Erbel R, Jöckel KH, Moebus S, Hoffmann B. Environ Health Perspect. 2016 Sep;124(9):1361-8. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1509824.

The association between subcortical and cortical fMRI and lifetime noise exposure in listeners with normal hearing thresholds. Dewey RS, Francis ST, Guest H, Prendergast G, Millman RE, Plack CJ, Hall DA. NeuroImage. 2020 Jan;204: 116239. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116239.

The impact of road traffic noise on cognitive performance in attention-based tasks depends on noise level even within moderate-level ranges. Schlittmeier SJ, Feil A, Liebl A, Hellbr Ck JR. Noise Health. 2015 May;17(76): 148-57. doi: 10.4103/1463-1741.155845.

Coronary Heart Disease

Association of long-term exposure to community noise and traffic-related air pollution with coronary heart disease mortality.Gan WQ, Davies HW, Koehoorn M, Brauer M. Am J Epidemiol. 2012 May 1;175(9):898-906. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwr424.

Diabetes

Association of Long-Term Exposure to Transportation Noise and Traffic-Related Air Pollution with the Incidence of Diabetes: A Prospective Cohort Study. Clark C, Sbihi H, Tamburic L, Brauer M, Frank LD, Davies HW. Environ Health Perspect. 2017 Aug 31;125(8):087025. doi: 10.1289/EHP1279.

Mental Health

Associations of combined exposures to surrounding green, air pollution and traffic noise on mental health. Klompmaker JO, Hoek G, Bloemsma LD, Wijga AH, van den Brink C, Brunekreef B, Lebret E, Gehring U, Janssen NAH. Environ Int. 2019 Aug;129:525-537. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.05.040.

Environmental noise and sleep and mental health outcomes in a nationally representative sample of urban US adolescents. Rudolph KE, Shev A, Paksarian D, Merikangas KR, Mennitt DJ, James P, Casey JA. Environ Epidemiol. 2019 Aug;3(4):2472-7882. doi: 10.1097/EE9.0000000000000056.

Impact of Long-Term Exposure to Wind Turbine Noise on Redemption of Sleep Medication and Antidepressants: A Nationwide Cohort Study. Poulsen AH, Raaschou-Nielsen O, Peña A, Hahmann AN, Nordsborg RB, Ketzel M, Brandt J, Sørensen M. Environ Health Perspect. 2019 Mar;127(3):37005. doi: 10.1289/EHP3909.

Traffic noise, noise annoyance and psychotropic medication use. Okokon EO, Yli-Tuomi T, Turunen AW, Tiittanen P, Juutilainen J, Lanki T. Environ Int. 2018 Oct;119: 287-294. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2018.06.034.

Obesity

Long-term exposure to transportation noise and its association with adiposity markers and development of obesity. Foraster M, Eze IC, Vienneau D, Schaffner E, Jeong A, Héritier H, Rudzik F, Thiesse L, Pieren R, Brink M, Cajochen C, Wunderli JM, Röösli M, Probst-Hensch N. Environ Int. 2018 December 19;121(1):879-889. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2018.09.057.

Pregnancy and childhood exposure to residential traffic noise and overweight at 7 years of age. Christensen JS, Hjortebjerg D, Raaschou-Nielsen O, Ketzel M, Sørensen TIA, Sørensen M. Environ Int. 2016 Sep;94: 170-176. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2016.05.016.

Pregnancy

Full-time exposure to occupational noise during pregnancy was associated with reduced birth weight in a nationwide cohort study of Swedish women. Selander J, Rylander L, Albin M, Rosenhall U, Lewné M, Gustavsson P. Sci Total Environ. 2019 Feb;651(1):1137-1143. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.09.212.

Impact of noise and air pollution on pregnancy outcomes.Gehring U, Tamburic L, Sbihi H, Davies HW, Brauer M. Epidemiology. 2014 May;25(3):351-8. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000073.

Residential greenness and birth outcomes: evaluating the influence of spatially correlated built-environment factors.Hystad P, Davies HW, Frank L, Van Loon J, Gehring U, Tamburic L, Brauer M. Environ Health Perspect. 2014 Oct;122(10):1095-102. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1308049.

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Proximity to traffic, ambient air pollution, and community noise in relation to incident rheumatoid arthritis.De Roos AJ, Koehoorn M, Tamburic L, Davies HW, Brauer M. Environ Health Perspect. 2014 Oct;122(10): 1075-80. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1307413.