Blood pressure of 8-14 year old children in relation to traffic noise at home - Results of the German Environmental Survey for Children (GerES IV)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 5839-5843

  Babisch, Wolfgang ^a   Neuhauser, Hannelore ^b   Thamm, Michael ^b   Seiwert, Margarete ^a  

^a UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE GROUPS; CLINICAL STUDY; COMMUNITY SIZE; ENVIRONMENT AGENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEYS; GERMANY; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; NOISE LEVELS; NOISE MEASUREMENTS; ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE; SUBJECTIVE RATING; TRAFFIC NOISE; TRAFFIC VOLUMES;

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD; MERCURY (METAL); NOISE POLLUTION; ROADS AND STREETS; SURVEYS;

BLOOD PRESSURE;

CHILD HEALTH; NOISE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EFFECT; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY; YOUNG POPULATION;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GERMANY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME STRESS; LEISURE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRAFFIC NOISE;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 70349093061     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.08.016     Document Type: Article

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