title: [Health risk railroad noise - prognosis of potential health risks subsequent to night-time exposure to railroad noise in the German part of the Transversal Rotterdam Genova].
abstract: Based on risk coefficients for cardiovascular and psychiatric disease derived from a case-control study in the vicinity of a major German airport, statistics on persons exposed to night-time railroad noise in the vicinity of the Rotterdam-Genova Transversal, and on health expenditure calculations by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany a prognosis on effects of railroad noise was performed. It resulted for 1 10-year period in nearly 75 000 excess cases of diseases, nearly 30 000 excess deaths and health expenditures of 3.8 billion euros.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Gesundheitspolitik, Gesundheitsökonomie und Versorgungsforschung, Zentrum für Sozialpolitik, Universität Bremen, Bremen.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Greiser
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000401:mortality*; D015897:Comorbidity; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000401:mortality*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009624:Noise, Transportation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011890:Railroads / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000401:mortality*; D015996:Survival Rate