Risk of hypertension from exposure to road traffic noise in a population-based sample

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 410-415

  Barregard, Lars ^a   Bonde, E ^a   Ohrstrom E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND LEVEL MEASUREMENT; TRAFFIC NOISE;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; AUTOMOBILES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; SWEDEN;

EID: 67649124667     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2008.042804     Document Type: Article

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