Longitudinal study of growth status and airport noise exposure

Bibliographic Data

ID8314539
AuthorsLawrence M Schell (0000-0001-6552-0398, University at Albany, State University of New York), Denise C Hodges (University at Albany, State University of New York)
Year1985
Volume66
Issue4
Pages383-389
Publication date1985-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajpa.1330660406
PMID3993764
OpenAlexW2007865507
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited17

A study of children living adjacent to an international airport was conducted to learn whether noise exposure affected physical growth. Prenatal and postnatal noise exposures were estimated for each subject based on noise levels at their residences during jetplane takeoffs. Subjects' birthweights were standardized for sex and parity, and their postnatal heights and weights were standardized for sex and age (range 6–11 years). The difference between standardized birthweight score and postnatal height score, and between birthweight score and postnatal weight score, represent a change in growth status of a more or less permanent nature, respectively. After adjusting for confounding factors, children from the exposed community (n = 103) had a significantly smaller mean of status change by height (p

Affect (linguistics) · Audiology · Biology · Birth weight · Confounding · Noise (video) · Noise exposure · Parity (physics) · Pregnancy · Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research · Demography · Injury Epidemiology and Prevention · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Noise Effects and Management · Psychology

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