Epidemiological studies on noise and blood pressure in children: Observations and suggestions

Environment International

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1030-1041

  Paunović, Katarina ^a   Stansfeld, Stephen ^b   Clark, Charlotte ^b   Belojević, Goran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Blood pressure measurement; Children; Environmental noise exposure; Epidemiological studies; Methodology

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; AIRCRAFT; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; ECONOMICS; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; ROADS AND STREETS; TRANSPORTATION;

CHILDREN; ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; LITERATURE SEARCH; METHODOLOGY; ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS; SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC PRESSURES;

NOISE POLLUTION;

BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLUID PRESSURE; HEALTH IMPACT; NOISE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; URBAN POLLUTION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIRCRAFT NOISE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRAFFIC NOISE; TREND STUDY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79955641992     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2011.03.017     Document Type: Review

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