Noise burden and the risk of myocardial infarction: False interpretation of results due to inadequate treatment of data [5]

European Heart Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 623-624

  Babisch, Wolfgang ^a   Beule, Bernd ^a   Ising, Hartmut ^a   Kersten, Norbert ^b   Schust, Marianne ^b   Wende, Heidemarie ^a  

^a UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANALYTICAL ERROR; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GERMANY; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LETTER; NOISE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC NOISE;

FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33645226604     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi762     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

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