Reconstruction of historical noise exposure data for environmental epidemiology in Switzerland within the SiRENE project

Abstract

In 2014 the three-year interdisciplinary study SiRENE (Short and Long Term Effects of Traffic Noise Exposure) was launched in Switzerland. The goal of SiRENE is to investigate acute, short- and long-term e_ects of road, railway and aircraft noise exposure on annoyance, sleep disturbances and cardio-metabolic risk.

Keywords

• noise exposure
• transportation noise
• traffic noise
• annoyance
• sleep disturbance
• cardio-metabolic risk