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A SURVEY ON HEALTH EFFECTS DUE TO AIRCRAFT NOISE ON RESIDENTS LIVING AROUND KADENA AIR BASE IN THE RYUKYUS

✍ Scribed by K. Hiramatsu; T. Yamamoto; K. Taira; A. Ito; T. Nakasone

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1997
Tongue
English
Weight
156 KB
Volume
205
Category
Article
ISSN
0022-460X

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✦ Synopsis

Results are reported of a questionnaire survey relating to a scale for general health, the Todai Health Index, in a town, bordering on a large U.S. airbase in the Ryukyus. The level of aircraft noise exposure, in the town, expressed by WECPNL, ranges from 75 to 95 or more. The sample size was 1200, including a 200 person ''control'' group. Results of the analysis of the responses in terms of the noise exposure suggest that the exposed residents suffer psychosomatic effects, especially perceived psychological disorders, due to the noise exposure to military aircraft, and that such responses increase with the level of noise exposure.

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