A follow-up study of effects of chronic aircraft noise exposure on child stress responses and cognition

Background Children are a high-risk group vulnerable to the effects of chronic aircraft noise exposure. This study examines the effects of aircraft noise exposure on children's health and cognition around London Heathrow airport and tests sustained attention as an underlying mechanism of effect...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International journal of epidemiology 2001-08, Vol.30 (4), p.839-845
Hauptverfasser:	Haines, Mary M, Stansfeld, Stephen A, Job, RF Soames, Berglund, Birgitta, Head, Jenny
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	adaptation Adaptation, Psychological Aircraft Analysis of Variance Biological and medical sciences Case-Control Studies Chi-Square Distribution Child children Chronic aircraft noise exposure Chronic Disease cognition and stress responses Cognition Disorders - diagnosis Cognition Disorders - epidemiology Cognition Disorders - etiology Confounding Factors (Epidemiology) Environment. Living conditions Female Follow-Up Studies Housing. Living conditions Humans London - epidemiology Male Medical sciences Neuropsychological Tests Noise, Transportation - adverse effects Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine repeated measures epidemiological field study Risk Factors Stress, Psychological - diagnosis Stress, Psychological - epidemiology Stress, Psychological - etiology
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Zusammenfassung:	Background Children are a high-risk group vulnerable to the effects of chronic aircraft noise exposure. This study examines the effects of aircraft noise exposure on children's health and cognition around London Heathrow airport and tests sustained attention as an underlying mechanism of effects of noise on reading and examines the way children adapt to continued exposure to aircraft noise. Methods In this repeated measures epidemiological field study, the cognitive performance and health of 275 children aged 8–11 years attending four schools in high aircraft noise areas (16-h outdoor Leq >66 dBA) was compared with children attending four matched control schools exposed to lower levels of aircraft noise (16-h outdoor Leq
ISSN:	0300-5771 1464-3685
DOI:	10.1093/ije/30.4.839