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Influence of Green Areas on the Urban Sound Environment

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Guillermo Rey-Gozalo, Juan Miguel Barrigón Morillas, David Montes González & Rosendo Vílchez-Gómez 

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The inclusion of soundscape quality in epidemiological studies will improve the quantification of the effects of green spaces on the health and well-being of citizens. Only the consideration of global indicators, such as Lden (dB), show the importance of the sound environment in the interaction with other environmental variables and user activities for the determination of the effects of green spaces on health

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