Effects of workplace noise on blood pressure and heart rate

Biomedical Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 122-126

  Singhal, Sangeeta ^a   Yadav, Berendra ^a   Hashmi, S F ^a   Muzammil, Md ^b  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Diastolic B.P.; Heart rate; Industrial noise; Systolic B.P.

Indexed keywords

EID: 71749099613     PISSN: 0970938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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