[Street traffic noise and stress experience].
Interpreting a sociological study in the city of Erfurt the results of a written interrogation of noise annoyance of a representative random sample of inhabitants are shown and selected characteristics both of the annoyed and the nonannoyed inhabitants are compared. From noise level measurements a proposal for a traffic noise threshold limit has been derived that corresponds to the requirement for calm. Moreover, moderators have been investigated which interfere with the degree of annoyance; health complaints of both groups of the interrogated individuals were compared. It could be shown, that a written interrogation of inhabitants of a territory is able to deliver sufficiently exact information concerning noise annoyance.
Schulze
B
B
Bezirks-Hygieneinspektion und -Institut Max v. Pettenkofer Erfurt, DDR.
Wölke
G
G
Mörstedt
R
R
Ullmann
R
R
Grossmann
G
G
D005859:Germany, East; D006801:Humans; D009622:Noise / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009624:Noise, Transportation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012931:Social Environment; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology*
Strassenverkehrslärm und Belästigungserlebnis.