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Facts and ideas for the development of an integrated sound and health effects research in a globalized world

The environmental health effects research in environmental acoustics often reveals substantial differences in the obtained results which consequently lead to different conclusions and implementations in administration and policy. This paper intends to discuss some of the possible reasons underlying...

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Published in:The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 2012-04, Vol.131 (4_Supplement), p.3300-3300
Main Author: Lercher, Peter
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:The environmental health effects research in environmental acoustics often reveals substantial differences in the obtained results which consequently lead to different conclusions and implementations in administration and policy. This paper intends to discuss some of the possible reasons underlying these discrepant results from a socio-cultural and social medicine viewpoint. For this purpose three complementary approaches are outlined and respective examples are presented. First, a sound source related perspective is investigated to explain potential differences in health outcomes. Second, a context related perspective is used to show empirical evidence for the variety of the contextual frameworks possibly responsible for observed differences in outcomes or importance of moderating factors. Eventually, with a health outcome related perspective possible differences in the underlying morbidity structure and health concepts are explored as potential sources for discrepant results.
ISSN:0001-4966
1520-8524
DOI:10.1121/1.4708339