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DOI	10.1007/s11356-020-09785-y
	Exposure assessment to road traffic noise levels and health effects in an arid urban area
	Amoatey, Patrick; Omidvarbona, Hamid; Baawain, Mahad Said; Al-Mayahi, Ahmed; Al-Mamun, Abdullah; Al-Harthy, Issa
通讯作者	Baawain, MS
来源期刊	ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
ISSN	0944-1344
EISSN	1614-7499
出版年	2020
卷号	27 期号:28 页码:35051-35064
英文摘要	Road traffic noise exposures have been recognized as serious environmental health concerns, especially in most developing countries with arid climate conditions, rapid increase in vehicle population, and limited traffic management systems. The excessive noise exposure level is associated with increase in the incidence of cardiovascular diseases and anxiety, including annoyance. This study aimed at determining traffic noise levels in residential areas, including the assessment of its annoyance and health effects based on the people's perception and reportage. To do so, field measurement and traffic noise modeling were carried out in six road points to estimate the current noise levels along various roads close to human inhabitants in Muscat Governorate, Sultanate of Oman. The detailed measured noise levels in urban residential areas across the selected roads showed that noise levels have exceeded the local and international threshold limits at all locations during the entire day. The high sound levels (48.0-56.3 dBA) were observed using the US Federal Highway Administration's Traffic Noise Model (TNM, version 2.5) results, which were in agreement with the observed (56.3-60.4 dBA) data. To assess health implication to residents through interviews (n= 208), annoyance at home was found to be little (32%), moderate (28%), and high (9%) in comparison with workplace settings of 42%, 43%, and 15%, respectively. Nineteen percent of the interviewees had difficulties in sleeping, while 19.8% experienced stress due to road traffic noise exposures. Moreover, a strong association (p <0.05) was established between the use and objection of noise barriers. The study revealed high noise levels and the prevalence of annoyance and health effects among the exposed population. Therefore, immediate action is required to tackle the current noise levels.
英文关键词	Traffic noise pollution Field measurement Noise model Health effects Annoyance Road traffic
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000543290000012
WOS关键词	TRANSPORTATION NOISE ; VEHICLE EMISSIONS ; ANNOYANCE ; POLLUTION ; IMPACT ; CITIES ; CITY ; ASSOCIATION ; SENSITIVITY
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/324841
作者单位	[Amoatey, Patrick; Omidvarbona, Hamid; Baawain, Mahad Said; Al-Mamun, Abdullah; Al-Harthy, Issa] Sultan Qaboos Univ, Coll Engn, Dept Civil & Architectural Engn, POB 33, Muscat 123, Oman; [Omidvarbona, Hamid] Univ Surrey, Fac Engn & Phys Sci, Global Ctr Clean Air Res, Dept Civil & Environm Engn, Guildford GU2 7XH, Surrey, England; [Baawain, Mahad Said] Sultan Qaboos Univ, Int Maritime Coll Oman, POB 322, Falaj Al Qabail, Sohar, Oman; [Al-Mayahi, Ahmed] Sultan Qaboos Univ, Dept Soils Water & Agr Engn, Coll Agr, POB 34, Muscat 123, Oman
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Amoatey, Patrick,Omidvarbona, Hamid,Baawain, Mahad Said,et al. Exposure assessment to road traffic noise levels and health effects in an arid urban area[J],2020,27(28):35051-35064.
APA	Amoatey, Patrick,Omidvarbona, Hamid,Baawain, Mahad Said,Al-Mayahi, Ahmed,Al-Mamun, Abdullah,&Al-Harthy, Issa.(2020).Exposure assessment to road traffic noise levels and health effects in an arid urban area.ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH,27(28),35051-35064.
MLA	Amoatey, Patrick,et al."Exposure assessment to road traffic noise levels and health effects in an arid urban area".ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH 27.28(2020):35051-35064.