Road traffic noise and hypertension

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 122-126

  Bluhm, Gösta Leon ^a,b   Berglind, Niklas ^c   Nordling, Emma ^c   Rosenlund, Mats ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SWEDEN; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33846991667     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2005.025866     Document Type: Article

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