Traffic noise emissions and myocardial infarction risk

Polish Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 737-741

  Grazuleviciene, R ^a,b   Lekaviciute, J ^a   Mozgeris, G ^a   Merkevicius, S ^a   Deikus, J ^a  

^a VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Ecological study; Environmental noise; Incidence; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144252846     PISSN: 12301485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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