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Ambient neighbourhood noise and children’s mental health
  1. M Haines,
  2. S Stansfeld
  1. Department of Psychiatry, Barts and the London Hospital, Queen Mary, University of London, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr M Haines, PricewaterhouseCoopers, 201 Sussex Street, GPO Box 2650, Sydney, New South Wales 1171, Australia;
 mary.haines{at}au.pwcglobal.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/oem.60.2.146

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