Noise frequency components and the prevalence of hypertension in workers

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 416, Issue , 2012, Pages 89-96

  Chang, Ta Yuan ^a,b   Liu, Chiu Shong ^c   Young, Li Hao ^a   Wang, Ven Shing ^a   Jian, Shen En ^a   Bao, Bo Ying ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Frequency analysis; Hypertension; Occupational noise; Workers

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HYPERTENSION; OCCUPATIONAL NOISE; WORKERS;

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL; OFFICE BUILDINGS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

NOISE POLLUTION;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; HYPERTENSION; MANUFACTURING; NOISE POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MALE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE STANDARD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OFFICE WORKER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDUSTRY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84856212879     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.11.071     Document Type: Article

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