Urban road-traffic noise and blood pressure and heart rate in preschool children

Environment International

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 226-231

  Belojevic, Goran ^a   Jakovljevic, Branko ^a   Stojanov, Vesna ^b   Paunovic, Katarina ^a   Ilic, Jelena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Children; Heart rate; Road traffic noise

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORRELATION METHODS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENTS;

CHILDREN; HEART RATE; HYPERTENSIVE VALUES; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; URBAN ROAD-TRAFFIC NOISE;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; NOISE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; ROAD; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KINDERGARTEN; MALE; NIGHT; NOISE; NOISE POLLUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SERBIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRAFFIC NOISE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 39049163972     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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