***This book has been highly commended in the public health category at the British Medical Association Medical Book Awards 2012*** The health impacts of environmental noise are a growing concern. At least one million healthy life years are lost every year from traffic-related noise in the western part of Europe. This publication summarizes the evidence on the relationship between environmental noise and health effects including cardiovascular disease cognitive impairment sleep disturbance tinnitus and annoyance. For each one the environmental burden of disease methodology based on exposure-re