title: Impact of road traffic noise on cause-specific mortality in Madrid (Spain).
abstract: Latest time-series research conducted in Madrid has reported associations of road traffic noise with cause-specific daily mortality. Based on the results from that research, this study presents the health impact of urban noise for the period 2003-2009 as the number of avoidable deaths from various cardiovascular, respiratory, and metabolic diseases. The impact of noise on cardiovascular mortality exceeds that of fine particles (PM2.5) in the two population groups considered: <65 and >65years of age.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: alberto.reciomartin@educa.madrid.org.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Recio
authors.affiliation: National School of Public Health, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Linares
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid/IdiPAZ - CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: José Ramón
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Banegas
authors.affiliation: National School of Public Health, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Julio
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Díaz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000393:Air Pollutants; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000401:mortality*; D002947:Cities; D006801:Humans; D008659:Metabolic Diseases / Q000401:mortality*; D009622:Noise; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000401:mortality*; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants
keywords: Cardiovascular disease; Diabetes; Impact; Respiratory disease; Urban noise