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A Review on Noise Pollution and its Effects on Human Health

Rachana K. Vaidya

Abstract


Noise pollution is the world’s one of the dangerous pollution nowadays, noise pollution is created by daily basis’s, sources of generation of noise pollution are household appliances, different vehicles sounds, construction equipment at side work, different transportation like railway, airway, roadways, waterways etc. This affects human body by causing different diseases. Noise health effects are the physical and psychological. Health consequences of regular exposure to consistent elevated sound levels. High-rise building construction or environmental noise can cause permanently hearing loss, audiology and hearing, hypertension, heart disease, annoyance, and sleep nuisances.

Keywords


Noise-induced, hearing loss, cardiovascular effects, psychological issues, impacts of noise, stress

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/ijpnc.v6i2.1140

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