title: [Street traffic noise and stress experience].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Bezirks-Hygieneinspektion und -Institut Max v. Pettenkofer Erfurt, DDR.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schulze
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wölke
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mörstedt
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ullmann
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Grossmann
mesh_terms: 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*
vernacular_title: Strassenverkehrslärm und Belästigungserlebnis.