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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0864-3466</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Salud Pública]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cubana Salud Pública]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0864-3466</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0864-34662018000300002</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Sonidos urbanos inusuales en una vecindad al Oeste de la ciudad de La Habana]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Non usual urban sounds in a Western Neighborhood of Havana City]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Barceló Pérez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González Sánchez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Yamile]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Nacional de Higiene, Epidemiologia y Microbiología  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Habana ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>44</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0864-34662018000300002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0864-34662018000300002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0864-34662018000300002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción: La fuente principal de ruido en la ciudad de La Habana es el tráfico terrestre. No obstante, las quejas mayormente se relacionaron con fuentes de ruido mecánico y audio musical. El pasado año algunas quejas acerca de la exposición a los así llamados &#8220;ataques sónicos&#8221; fueron presentadas por diplomáticos de Estados Unidos.  Objetivo: Fundamentar la improbabilidad de que los sonidos urbanos inusuales aquí referidos constituyeran ataques sónicos.  Métodos: Se analizaron grabaciones facilitadas del sonido objetivo y también se evaluó el ruido cosmopolita a través de mediciones del nivel sonoro.  Resultados:  Considerando el ambiente sonoro nocturno en la vecindad suburbana y las muestras grabadas de sonido objetivo, se observó que el ruido de fondo en la noche está relacionado en cierta medida con la presencia o ausencia de grillos (grillus assimilis) en los espacios verdes de la vecindad residencial, al oeste de La Habana. El sonido objetivo se describió en función de su estructura de frecuencia por dos morfologías principales, una de ellas refleja un ruido de banda ancha con un tono de alta frecuencia superpuesto. La otra no contiene tono de alta frecuencia. Varios eventos de sonidos objetivos grabados mostraron cierta similitud con los sonidos de fondo con grillos añadidos.  Conclusiones: La intensidad del sonido y sus estructuras de frecuencia no sostienen la hipótesis de un daño inducido de salud. Algunas veces el nivel de sonido objetivo es cercano al nivel de fondo ambiental. El sonido direccional no parece capaz de penetrar el ambiente construido.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  The main source of noise in the city of Havana is land traffic. However, complaints have mostly dealt with sources of mechanical noise and musical audio. Last year there were some complaints about exposure to so-called "sonic attacks" by US diplomats.  Objective: Ground the improbability that the unusual urban sounds referred here constituted sonic attacks.  Methods:  Some recordings of the target sound supplied were analyzed and also, background noise was characterized through sound level measurements. It was watched that, background noise at night is connected eventually to presence or absence of crickets (Grillus assimilis) in green settings of a residential neighborhood, Western of Havana.  Results:  Target sound is described on behalf its frequency structure, by two main shapes, one of them reflects a broadband noise with a high pitch overlapped. The other one has no high frequency pitch. Several target sounds events recorded show certain likeness to the background with cricket sounds.  Conclusions: The intensity of exposure does not support the hypothesis of induced health damage. Sometimes the target sound level is close to the background level. Directional sound at the reported levels does not seem able to penetrate the built environment.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Sonidos urbanos]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[fondo sonoro cosmopolita]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[espectro de sonido]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Urban sound]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[noise]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[cosmopolitan background sound]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[sound spectrum]]></kwd>
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