Hypertension and Exposure to Noise near Airports (HYENA): Study design and noise exposure assessment

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1473-1478

  Jarup, Lars ^a   Dudley, Marie Louise ^a   Babisch, Wolfgang ^b   Houthuijs, Danny ^c   Swart, Wim ^c   Pershagen, Göran ^d   Bluhm, Gösta ^d   Katsouyanni, Klea ^e   Velonakis, Manolis ^f   Cadum, Ennio ^g   Vigna Taglianti, Federica ^g  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

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

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^g ARPA PIEMONTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Aircraft; Blood pressure; Hypertension; Noise; Road traffic

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; AIRPORT; ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ERROR; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NOISE POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; STANDARDIZATION;

AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AIRCRAFT; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; MULTICENTER STUDIES; NOISE; SALIVA; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 27744583333     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8037     Document Type: Article

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