TY - JOUR T1 - Associations of traffic noise with self-rated health and psychotropic medication use JO - Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health PY - 2014/5VL - 40 IS - 3 SP - 235 EP - 243 AU - Halonen, Jaana I AU - Lanki, Timo AU - Yli-Tuomi, Tarja AU - Turunen, Anu W AU - Pentti, Jaana AU - Kivimäki, Mika AU - Vahtera, Jussi M3 - doi: 10.5271/sjweh.3408 UR - https://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=3408 KW - antidepressant KW - anxiety KW - cohort study KW - environmental noise KW - noise KW - psychotropic medication KW - road traffic KW - self-rated health KW - traffic noise KW - trait anxiety KW - vulnerable N2 - '
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OBJECTIVES ': 'Road traffic noise is a common environmental nuisance, which has been thought to increase the risk of many types of health problems. However, population-level evidence often remains scarce. This study examined whether road traffic noise is associated with self-rated health and use of psychotropic medication in a cohort of public sector employees.
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METHODS ': 'Data are from the Finnish Public Sector Study cohort. Geographical information system (GIS) was used to link modeled outdoor road traffic noise levels (L
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CONCLUSION ': 'Exposure to road traffic noise was not associated with increased use of psychotropic medication, although it was associated with weakened self-rated health among men.
SN - 0355-3140 ER -