Risk of hypertension related to road traffic noise among reproductive-age women

Noise and Health

Volumn 13, Issue 55, 2011, Pages 371-377

  Bendokiene, Inga ^a   Grazuleviciene, Regina ^a   Dedele, Audrius ^a  

^a VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Age Group; Exposure response relationship; Hypertension; Pregnant women; Road traffic noise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LITHUANIA; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC NOISE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LITHUANIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANT WOMEN; PREVALENCE; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82955228916     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.90288     Document Type: Article

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