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Risk of Parkinson’s disease may increase with prolonged exposure to road traffic noise
(www.theguardian.com)
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So cities should see a massively higher rate than rural areas, yes?
Shhhh....if you flunk out of grad school, there's always epidemiology.
Possibly, but;
A friend of mine had tinnitus as early as <18 just from growing up in such an environment. I don't think his family even engaged in agriculture.
Cities should see a somewhat higher rate though because even with this acciunted for it sounds like the problem is persistence of noises. And cities have metro systems and noise pollution from construction works