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  • Environmental noise levels in the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka 
    Nagodawithana, N.S.; Pannila, A.S.; Gurusinghe, R.D.; Kalansuriya, C.; Sathiakumar, N.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Pathmeswaran, A. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2013)
    INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Noise is a physical pollutant, which causes adverse health effects. Noise levels in most cities are higher than that recommended by environmental regulatory authorities of the relevant countries. ...
  • Environmental pollution by traffic noise in the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka 
    Nagodawithana, N.S.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Pannila, A.S.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Sathiakumar, N. (IOS Press, 2016)
    Traffic noise levels in most cities of the world are higher than the recommended levels. Exposure to high levels of noise may cause adverse health effects such as ischemic heart diseases and noise induced hearing loss. We ...
  • Noise levels of vehicles in the city of Colombo 
    Nagodawithana, N.S.; Pannila, A.S.; Gurusinghe, R.D.; Kalansuriya, C.; Sathiakumar, N.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Pathmeswaran, A. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2013)
    INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Though there is concern that vehicular traffic contributes to noise pollution in the city of Colombo there is no reliable data on the noise emitted by different types of vehicles. Objective ...
  • Noise levels of vehicles in the city of Colombo 
    Nagodawithana, N.S.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Pannila, A.S.; Sathiakumar, N.; Wickremasinghe, A.R. (College of the Community Physicians of Sri Lanka, 2013)
    INTRODUCTION: Though there is concern that vehicular traffic contributes to noise pollution in the city of Colombo there is no reliable data on the noise emitted by different categories of vehicles. OBJECTIVES: Objective ...
  • Noise-induced hearing loss among traffic policemen in the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka 
    Nagodawithana, N.S.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Pannila, A.S.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Sathiakumar, N. (IOS Press, 2015)
    Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is a high frequency sensory-neural hearing loss and exposure to traffic noise by traffic policemen makes them susceptible to develop NIHL. The objective of this study was to determine the ...
  • Prevalence and correlates of noise induced hearing loss among traffic policemen in the city of Colombo 
    Nagodawithana, N.S.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Pannila, A.S.; Sathiakumar, N.; Wickremasinghe, A.R. (College of the Community Physicians of Sri Lanka, 2013)
    INTRODUCTION: Noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) is a high frequency sensory-neural hearing loss in subjects who are exposed to environmental noise, but this diagnosis is made only after excluding other reasons for the ...
  • Prevalence and correlates of noise induced hearing loss among traffic policemen in the City of Colombo 
    Nagodawithana, N.S.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Pannila, A.S.; Sathiakumar, N.; Wickremasinghe, A.R. (Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health, 2013)
    BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) is a high frequency sensory-neural hearing loss in subjects who are exposed to environmental noise, but this diagnosis is made only after excluding other reasons ...

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