Associations between chronic community noise exposure and blood pressure at rest and during acute noise and non-noise stressors among urban school children in India

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3457-3466

  Lepore, Stephen J ^a   Shejwal, Bhaskar ^b   Kim, Bang Hyun ^a   Evans, Gary W ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Habituation; Noise; Reactivity; Stress

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC STRESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NOISE POLLUTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 78649584743     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph7093457     Document Type: Article

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