Occupational exposure to noise and hypertension in pilots

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 99-106

  Tomei, Francesco ^a,c   De Sio, Simone ^a   Tomao, Enrico ^b   Anzelmo, Vincenza ^c   Baccolo, Tiziana Paola ^a   Ciarrocca, Manuela ^a   Cherubini, Emilia ^a   Valentini, Valentina ^a   Capozzella, Assunta ^a   Rosati, Maria Valeria ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Ctr Aeromed Eval/Occup Med IML   (Italy)

^c Department of Occupational Medicine ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Heart rate; Hypertension; Noise; Pilots

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; HYPERTENSION; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EVALUATION; EXERCISE TEST; HEARING DISORDER; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NOISE POLLUTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SOUND INTENSITY; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 20244379591     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603120500061534     Document Type: Article

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