The Combined Health Effects of Environmental Exposures

Dear Colleagues,

Simultaneous exposure to more than one physical, chemical, biological and psychosocial hazard is common in home, transitional and occupational environments.

Especially, transportation (road, rail, and air) and occupational noise is often accompanied by exposure to vibrations, air pollutants, odors and other specific environmental contexts which may enhance or reduce the potential impact.

Unfortunately, in health impact assessments, noise sources are often treated as independent contributors with the potential risk of underestimating the true health impact.

At least in environmental health impact assessments (EHIAs), most countries require the assessment of cumulative effects and the discussion of potential interactions. However, research activities in this area are scarce, as can be observed in the last update of Team 8 of the International Commission on Biological Effects of Noise (ICBEN). Also the publication options for this field are not encouraging and often results on combined effects remain unpublished.

This special issue is intended to provide an opportunity to the research community to publish the valuable results of studies which have dealt with the broad effects of combined/cumulative exposures in the environment (as defined by WHO).

The theme of noise should be the center of these publications. Reviews, research articles, methodological and papers concerning relevant policies and regulations are solicited. Please provide an abstract beforehand so we can confirm its suitability to the intended theme. We look forward to receiving your submissions.

Prof. Dr. Peter Lercher
Dr. Ronny Klaeboe
Prof. Dr. Mariola Sliwinska-Kowalska
Guest Editors

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