Verkehr-Umwelt-Gesundheit
Traffic-Environment-Health

ao.Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Lercher (retired)

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Publications Peter Lercher (from 2003)

Lercher, P. et al., 2017. Community Response to Multiple Sound Sources: Integrating Acoustic and Contextual Approaches in the Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14(6), p.663

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Cik M, Lienhart M, Lercher P.:
"Analysis of Psychoacoustic and Vibration-Related Parameters to Track the Reasons for Health Complaints after the Introduction of New Tramways" Appl Sci, 6, December:398 (2016)

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Kang J et al (Lercher P):
"Ten questions on the soundscapes of the built environment" Appl Sci, 108, November:284–94 (2016)

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Eike von Lindern, Terry Hartig, Peter Lercher:
Traffic-related exposures, constrained restoration, and health in the residential context.
Health & Place, 39, May:92-100 (2016)

Peter Lercher, Irene van Kamp, Eike von Lindern, Dick Botteldooren:
Perceived Soundscapes and Health-Related Quality of Life, Context, Restoration, and Personal Characteristics.
Chapter 5 in: Jian Kang, Brigitte Schulte-Fortkamp (ed.s): Soundscape and the Built Environment, pp89-131.
CRC Press, Boca Rota. ISBN 1482226324, ebook:9781482226324. (2015)

Irene Van Kamp, Ronny Klæboe, A. L. Brown, Peter Lercher:
(2015). Soundscapes, Human Restoration, and Quality of Life.
Chapter 3 in Jian Kang, Brigitte Schulte-Fortkamp (eds): Soundscape and the Built Environment, pp43-68.
CRC Press, Boca Rota. ISBN 1482226324, ebook:9781482226324. (2015)

Eike von Lindern, Terry Hartig, Peter Lercher:
Assessing the relationship between perceived disturbances from traffic, restorative qualities of the living environment, and health.
Proceedings of the 43rd international congress and exhibition on noise control engineering (Internoise 2014)

Michael Cik, Peter Lercher:
Ground-borne vibrations, sounds and secondary airborne sounds from tramways: a psychoacoustic evaluation including health aspects.
Proceedings of the 43nd international congress and exhibition on noise control engineering (Internoise 2014)

Peter Lercher, Ulrich Widmann, Jürg Thudium:
Hypotension and environmental noise: a replication study
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 11(9), 8661-8688 (2014)

Peter Lercher, Dietrich Kühner, Helen Lin, André Fiebig:
Psychoacoustic assessment of railway noise in sensitive
areas and times: is a rail bonus still appropriate?.

Proceedings of the 42nd international congress and exhibition on noise control engineering (Internoise 2013)


Peter Lercher, Gary Evans, Ulrich Widmann:
The ecological context of soundscapes for children's blood pressure.
J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 134(1), 773-781 (2013)

Peter Lercher, Ulrich Widmann:
Association and moderation of self-reported hypotension with traffic noise exposure: A neglected relationship.
Noise Health 15(65), 205-216 (2013)

Peter Lercher:
The diversity of environmental noise related health effects at the population level.
Proceedings of Euronoise 2012


Peter Lercher, Dick Botteldooren, Ulrich Widmann, Ulrich Uhrner, Ewald Kammeringer:
Cardiovascular effects of environmental noise: Research in Austria.
Noise Health 13(52), 234-250 (2011)

Peter Lercher:
Combined noise exposure at home. In: Nriagu, J. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Environmental Health.
Elsevier, Amsterdam 764-777 (2011) (ISBN: 978-0-444-52273-3)

Peter Lercher (ed):
Noise & Quality of Life
International Journal of Public Health - Special Issue on "Noise & Quality of Life."

Robert Gruber, Andreas R. Janecke, Daniela Grabher, Elisabeth Horak, Matthias Schmuth, Peter Lercher:
Lower prevalence of common filaggrin mutations in a community sample of atopic eczema: is disease severity important?
Wien. Klin. Wochenschr. 122(19-20), 551-557 (2010)

Peter Lercher, Mark Brink, Johannes Rüdisser, Theo van Renterghem, Dick Botteldooren, Marine Baulac, Jérôme Defrance:
The effects of railway noise on sleep medication intake: Results from the ALPNAP-study.
Noise Health 12(47), 110-119 (2010)

Bert de Coensel, Dick Botteldooren, Tom De Muer, Birgitta Berglund, Mats E. Nilsson, Peter Lercher:
A model for the perception of environmental sound based on notice-events.
J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 126(2), 656-665 (2009)

Johannes Rüdisser, Peter Lercher, A. Heller:
Traffic exposure and medication - a GIS based study on prescription of medicines in the Tyrolean Wipptal.
Ital. J. Public Health 5, 261-267 (2008)

Mark Brink, Peter Lercher, Alexander Eisenmann, Christoph Schierz:
Influence of slope of rise and event order of aircraft noise events on high resolution actimetry parameters.
Somnologie 12(2), 118-128 (2008)

Dietrich Heimann, Massimiliano de Franceschi, Stefan Emeis, Peter Lercher, Petra Seibert (eds.):
Air Pollution, Traffic Noise and Related Health Effects in the Alpine Space - A Guide for Authorities and Consulters. ALPNAP comprehensive report.
Università degli Studi di Trento, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile ed Ambientale, Trento, Italy (ISBN 978-88-8443-208-7: 335 pp.) (2007)

Peter Lercher:
Noise and Vibrations and other Interactions with the Environment.
in: Stylianos Kephalopoulos, Kimmo Koistinen, Marco Paviotti, Dieter Schwela, Dimitrios Kotzias (ed.s): Proceedings of the International Workshop on “Combined environmental exposure : noise, air pollutants and chemicals” January 15-17, 2007, Ispra, Italy
(ISBN: 978-92-79-06542-2 / DOI: 10.2788/24243) (pp109-136)
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Liam Welsh, Peter Lercher, Elisabeth Horak:
Exhaled nitric oxide: Interactions between asthma, hayfever, and atopic dermatitis in school children.
Pediatr. Pulmonol. 42(8), 693-698 (2007)

Peter Lercher, Dick Botteldooren, Bram de Greve, Luc Dekoninck, Johannes Rüdisser:
The effects of noise from combined traffic sources on annoyance: the case of interactions between rail and road noise (invited paper).
Proceedings of the 36th International Congress and Exhibition on Noise Control Engineering (Inter-Noise 2007)

Bert de Coensel, Dick Botteldooren, Birgitta Berglund, Mats E. Nilsson, Tom de Muer, Peter Lercher:
Experimental Investigation of Noise Annoyance Caused by High-speed Trains.
Acta Acustica united with Acustica 93(4), 589-601 (2007)

Dick Botteldooren, Luc Dekoninck, Bram de Greve, Bert de Coensel, Peter Lercher:
Annoyance by combined exposure to noise from road traffic and rail traffic discussed in the framework of the noticing model (invited paper).
Proceedings of the 19th International Congress on Acoustics
(ICA, September 2-7, 2007, Madrid, Spain) (ISBN: 84-87985-12-2)

Timothy van Renterghem, Dick Botteldooren, Peter Lercher:
Sound propagation in a valley-slope configuration: measurements and simulations (invited paper).
Proceedings of the 19th International Congress on Acoustics
(ICA, September 2-7, 2007, Madrid, Spain) (ISBN: 84-87985-12-2)

Timothy van Renterghem, Dick Botteldooren, Peter Lercher:
Comparison of measurements and predictions of sound propagation in a valley-slope configuration in an inhomogeneous atmosphere.
J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 121(5), 2522-2533 (2007)

Peter Lercher:
Environmental Noise: A contextual Health Perspective. (chapter 16)
in: Linda M. Luxon, Deepak Prasher (ed.s): Noise and its Effects
(ISBN: 978-1-86156-409-2) table of contents

Dick Botteldooren, Andy Verkeyn, Bernard de Baets, Peter Lercher:
Fuzzy Integrals as a Tool for obtaining an Indicator for Quality of Life.
2006 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems
July 16-21, 2006, Vancouver, Canada (DOI: 10.1109/FUZZY.2006.1681842) (pp1065-1071)

Peter Lercher, Johannes Rüdisser, Edda Ammann, Dick Botteldooren:
Rail exposure and the prescription of medicines (invited paper).
Proceedings of the 35th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering (Inter-Noise 2006) (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/1854/7143)

Dick Botteldooren, Peter Lercher:
Putting noise annoyance in the broader context of sustainable development (invited paper).
Proceedings of the 35th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering (Inter-Noise 2006) (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/1854/7145)

Peter Lercher, Dick Botteldooren:
General and/or local assessment of the impact of transportation noise in environmental health impact studies? (invited paper).
Proceedings of the 35th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering (Inter-Noise 2006) (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/1854/7066)

Peter Lercher, Christian Pfeifer, Dick Botteldooren, Luc Dekoninck:
Traffic noise exposure, education and annoyance: longitudinal experience from crosssectional surveys over time (1989-2004).
Proceedings of Forum Acusticum 2005 pp1795-1799 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/1854/4793)

Tom de Muer, Dick Botteldooren, Peter Lercher:
Event based noise annoyance modeling.
Proceedings of Forum Acusticum 2005 pp1807-1812 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/1854/4794)

Dick Botteldooren, Bert De Coensel, Tom De Muer, Birgitta Berglund, Mats Nilsson, Peter Lercher:
Experimental investigation of noise annoyance caused by high-speed trains.
Proceedings of the Twelfth International Congress on Sound and Vibration (ICSV12) (2005)
Paper 849 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/1854/4787)

Bert De Coensel, Dick Botteldooren, Tom De Muer, Peter Lercher, Birgitta Berglund, Mats Nilsson:
Observation on the influence of non-acoustical factors on perceived noise annoyance in a field experiment (invited paper).
Proceedings of the 2005 International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering (Internoise 2005) Paper 2028 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/1854/4788)

Tom de Muer, Dick Botteldooren, Bert de Coensel, Birgitta Berglund, Mats Nilsson, Peter Lercher:
A model for noise annoyance based on notice-events (invited paper).
Proceedings of the 2005 International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering (Internoise 2005) Paper 2032 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/1854/4789)

Dick Botteldooren, Peter Lercher:
Soft-computing base analyses of the relationship between annoyance and coping with noise and odor.
J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 115(6), 2974-2985 (2004)

Dick Botteldooren, Peter Lercher, Andy Verkeyn:
Noise annoyance and coping: a soft analysis.
The 8th international congress on Noise as a Public Health Problem (ICBEN) (ISBN 90-807990-2-5) (2007)

Dick Botteldooren, Andy Verkeyn, Peter Lercher:
Noise annoyance modelling using fuzzy rule based systems.
Noise Pollution and Health, 13-29 (2003)

Dick Botteldooren, Andy Verkeyn, Peter Lercher:
A fuzzy rule based framework for noise annoyance modelling.
J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 114(3), 1487-1498 (2003)