Saliva cortisol and exposure to aircraft noise in six European countries

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1713-1717

  Selander, Jenny ^a   Bluhm, Gösta ^a   Theorell, Töres ^b   Pershagen, Göran ^a   Babisch, Wolfgang ^c   Seiffert, Ingeburg ^c   Houthuijs, Danny ^d   Breugelmans, Oscar ^d   Vigna Taglianti, Federica ^e   Antoniotti, Maria Chiara ^f   Velonakis, Emmanuel ^g   Davou, Elli ^g   Dudley, Marie Louise ^h   Järup, Lars ^h  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^e ARPA PIEMONTE   (Italy)

^f Azienda Sanitoria Locale ^*  (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^h Imperial College London   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Gender differences

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; AIRCRAFT NOISE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC NOISE;

AGED; AIRCRAFT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; SALIVA; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 75149149267     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0900933     Document Type: Article

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