Industrial noise exposure, noise annoyance, and serum lipid levels in blue-collar workers–the cordis study

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 292-298

  Melamed, Samuel ^a,b   Froom, Paul ^a,b   Kristalboneh, Estela ^a,b   Ribak, Joseph ^a,b   Gofer, Dafna ^a  

^a LOEWENSTEIN REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LIPIDS; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0031005548     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039899709602201     Document Type: Article

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