The following (and attached) is an EPI Data Brief prepared while one of our research associates and DPH students, Jesica Rodriguez-Lopez, worked on a team at DOHMH. It has relevant information about ambient noise disruption and health in NYC:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/epi/databrief45.pdf.

Thank you,
Grace

Grace Sembajwe, DSc, MSc
Associate Professor
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at Hunter College
Doctoral Programs at CUNY Graduate Center
CUNY School of Public Health
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