Low-frequency noise and Its main effects on human health — A review of the literature between 2016 and 2019
2020
Araújo Alves, Juliana | Neto Paiva, Filipa | Silva, Lígia Torres | Remoaldo, Paula
This paper summarizes the presently available knowledge about the association between low-frequency noise and its effects on health. A database was constructed with a total of 142 articles published between 2016 and 2019 regarding low-frequency noise exposure and its effects on health. A total of 39 articles were analysed in depth. The articles were divided into categories according to the effects on human health addressed. Regarding the emitting source, there was a greater number of articles addressing issues related to sources of environmental noise and noise from wind turbines. As for the effects generated on human health, there was a greater number of articles referring to the effects on sleep disorders, discomfort, sensitivity to and irritability from noise, annoyance, hearing loss, and cardiovascular diseases, and these effects are analysed in more detail in the present article.
Afficher plus [+] Moins [-]The authors gratefully acknowledge CAPES/Brazil (Process: BEX1684-13/2) for the financial support granted though a doctorate scholarship, the Project Lab2PT-Landscape, Heritage and Territory Laboratory-AUR/04509 and FCT through national funds and, when applicable, the FEDER co-financing, under the new partnership agreement PT2020 and COMPETE2020-POCI 01 0145 FEDER 007528.
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