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Hahad, O., Kuntic, M., Al-Kindi, S. et al. Noise and mental health: evidence, mechanisms, and consequences. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 35, 16–23 (2025).
Pal J, Taywade M, Pal R, Sethi D. Noise Pollution in Intensive Care Unit: A Hidden Enemy Affecting the Physical and Mental Health of Patients and Caregivers. Noise Health. 2022 Jul-Sep;24(114):130-136. doi: 10.4103/nah.nah_79_21. PMID: 36124521; PMCID: PMC9743307.
Mehrotra A, Shukla SP, Shukla AK, Manar MK, Singh SK, Mehrotra M. A Comprehensive Review of Auditory and Non-Auditory Effects of Noise on Human Health. Noise Health. 2024 Apr-Jun 01;26(121):59-69. doi: 10.4103/nah.nah_124_23. Epub 2024 Jun 21. PMID: 38904803; PMCID: PMC11530096.
Khomenko S, Cirach M, Barrera-Gómez J, Pereira-Barboza E, Iungman T, Mueller N, Foraster M, Tonne C, Thondoo M, Jephcote C, Gulliver J, Woodcock J, Nieuwenhuijsen M. Impact of road traffic noise on annoyance and preventable mortality in European cities: a health impact assessment. Environment International, Volume 162, 2022, 107160, ISSN 0160-4120,
Mueller N, Rojas-Rueda D, Basagaña X, et al. Health impacts related to urban and transport planning: A burden of disease assessment. Environment International, 2017 Oct;107:243-257
Chen X, Liu M, Zuo L, Wu X, Chen M, Li X, An T, Chen L, Xu W, Peng S, Chen H, Liang X, Hao G, Environmental noise exposure and health outcomes: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analysis, European Journal of Public Health, Volume 33, Issue 4, August 2023, Pages 725–731
Thompson R, B. Smith R, Bou Karim Y, Shen C, Drummond K, Teng C, B. Toledano M, Noise pollution and human cognition: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis of recent evidence, Environment International, Volume 158, 2022, 106905, ISSN 0160-4120,
Forns J, Dadvand P, Foraster M, Alvarez-Pedrerol M, Rivas I, López-Vicente M, Suades-Gonzalez E, Garcia-Esteban R, Esnaola M, Cirach M, Grellier J, Basagaña X, Querol X, Guxens M, Nieuwenhuijsen MJ, Sunyer J. Traffic-Related Air Pollution, Noise at School, and Behavioral Problems in Barcelona Schoolchildren: A Cross-Sectional Study. Environ Health Perspect. 2016 Apr;124(4):529-35. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1409449. Epub 2015 Aug 4. PMID: 26241036; PMCID: PMC4829987
Razai M S, King E, Majeed A, James P. The impact of noise pollution on health. BMJ 2025; 391:e081193 doi:10.1136/bmj-2024-081193
Chepesiuk R. Decibel hell: the effects of living in a noisy world. Environ Health Perspect. 2005 Jan;113(1):A34-41. doi: 10.1289/ehp.113-a34. PMID: 15631958; PMCID: PMC1253729
European Environment Agency (2025). Environmental noise in Europe 2025: EEA Report 5/2025. ISBN 978-92-9480-732-8
Why noise is bad for your health -- and what you can do about it | Mathias Basner. TED Conference - YouTube
Noise: The not-so-silent killer? - Podcast The Global Story, BBC World Service Youtube
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Contaminación Acústica en Europa: Un Problema de Salud Noticias 4 - 2025
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El soroll i els seus efectes sobre la salut - RTVE
How much does environmental noise affect our health? WHO updates methods to assess health risks 4 August 2024 - WHO
Health impacts of exposure to noise from transport in Europe 06 Oct 2025 - European Environmental Agency
How our noisy world is seriously damaging our health 16 March 2025 - BBC
How noise pollution quietly affects your health Researchers have been sounding the alarm about noise pollution for decades, so why is it still such a big problem? Jennifer Biddle June 02, 2025 - Center for Occupational and Environmental Health
Noise Makes Us ill and Is a Public Health Problem Maria Foraster, Assistant Research Professor (ISGlobal) Health IS Global blogsite - 20/10/2017
Noise and Health Harvard Medicine - 2022
Observatorio salud y medio ambiente: ruido y salud Autoría: Ana Lapeña Laiglesia Dirección: Miguel Garcia Lamigueiro Edita: DKV, GAES y ECODES, 2023 Formato: PDF Idioma: Español
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Ruido y Salud OSMAN - Observatorio de Salud y Medio Ambiente de Andalucía Idioma: Español
Pérdida de audición inducida por el ruido Instituto Nacional de la Sordera y Otros Trastornos de la Comunicación (NIDCD, por sus siglas en inglés), parte de los Institutos Nacionales de la Salud (NIH, por sus siglas en inglés)