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Aircraft noise and psychiatric morbidity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

F. Gattoni  and
A. Tarnopolsky
F. Gattoni
Affiliation:
From the General Practice Research Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, London
A. Tarnopolsky
Affiliation:
From the General Practice Research Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, London
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Synopsis

An earlier investigation which showed that admission rates to a psychiatric hospital were higher from the higher noise zones close to Heathrow Airport than from relatively quieter areas was repeated. The present paper could not confirm those results, although a trend in agreement with the original findings was found. The scope of the relationship between levels of aircraft noise and types of psychiatric morbidity is discussed.

Type
Preliminary Communication
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , November 1973 , pp. 516 - 520
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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