Exposure to occupational noise and cardiovascular disease in the United States: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2004

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 183-190

  Gan, Wen Qi ^a   Davies, Hugh W ^a   Demers, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PULSE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ANGINA;

EID: 79951680777     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2010.055269     Document Type: Article

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