Vibroacoustic disease

Noise and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 3-20

  Castelo Branco, Nuno A A ^a,c   Alves Pereira, Mariana ^b  

^a Center for Human Performance   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c NONE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular thickening; Echocardiography; Extra cellular matrix; Low frequency noise; Respiratory drive; Tumours

Indexed keywords

AIRPLANE CREW; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARMY; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR INFLAMMATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CATERING SERVICE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DIASTOLE; DYSPLASIA; ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; IRRITABILITY; LAW; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METAPLASIA; MUTAGENICITY; NOISE INJURY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SHIPPING; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; VIBROACOUSTIC DISEASE;

AIRCRAFT; ANIMALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EID: 4344611437     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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