Environmental noise is positively associated with socioeconomically less privileged neighborhoods in the Netherlands

Background: Environmental noise has detrimental effects on various health outcomes. Although disparities in some environmental exposures (e.g., air pollution) are well-documented, there is still a limited and uncertain understanding of the extent to which specific populations are disproportionately burdened by noise. Aim: To assess whether environmental noise levels are associated with demographic and socioeconomic neighborhood compositions. Methods: We cross-sectionally examined long-term noise levels for 9,372 neighborhoods in the Netherlands. We linked these noise levels with administrative... Mehr ...