Public Health Impacts From Subway Noise: Case Study Hong Kong MTR The Harvard community has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters Citation Xu, Stephany. 2019. Public Health Impacts From Subway Noise: Case Study Hong Kong MTR. Master's thesis, Harvard Extension School. Citable link https://nrs.harvard.edu/URN-3:HUL.INSTREPOS:37364574 Terms of Use This article was downloaded from Harvard University’s DASH repository, and is made available under the terms and conditions applicable to Other Posted Material, as set forth at http:// nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:dash.current.terms-of- use#LAA I-731J!B$'3#&!K<%'J#0!6;5<!"-7L')!D510$M!N'0$!"#-4)!B5(>!O5(>!=/P! ! ! ! "#$%&'()!*+!,-! .!/&$010!1(!#&$!21$34!56!"-0#'1('7131#)!8!9(:1;5(<$(#'3!='('>$<$(#! 65;!#&$!?$>;$$!56!='0#$;!56!@17$;'3!.;#0!1(!9A#$(015(!"#-41$0! ! ! B';:';4!C(1:$;01#)! D5:$<7$;!!EFGH! ! ! ! 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