Systemic health effects of noise exposure

Editorial: Effects of noise on organisms: from mechanisms to ecological consequences

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While the second half of the 18 th century brought great industrial and technological development to much of the western world, it also generated an unprecedented rise in anthropogenic noise. Although initially overshadowed by more noticeable hazards such as air quality, negative effects of anthropogenic noise on human health have been in the spotlight of considerable scientific research in recent decades (reviewed in Stansfeld et al, 2000;Alves et al, 2020;Yang et al, 2023). Indeed, pervasive urban noise is now considered one of the worst damaging environmental factors for human health (World Health Organization, 2011).

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