Aircraft noise around a large international airport and its impact on general health and medication use

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 405-413

  Franssen, E A M ^a   Van Wiechen, C M A G ^a   Nagelkerke, N J D ^a   Lebret, E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT NOISE; AIRPORT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATIGUE; GOVERNMENT; HEADACHE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SLEEP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRCRAFT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 2442531843     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2002.005488     Document Type: Article

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