Exposure to road traffic and railway noise and associations with blood pressure and self-reported hypertension: A cohort study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Sørensen, Mette ^a   Hvidberg, Martin ^b   Hoffmann, Barbara ^c   Andersen, Zorana J ^a   Nordsborg, Rikke B ^a   Lillelund, Kenneth G ^d   Jakobsen, Jørgen ^e   Tjønneland, Anne ^a   Overvad, Kim ^f,g   Raaschou Nielsen, Ole ^a  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d RAMBOLL   (Denmark)

^e The Danish Environmental Protection Agency EPA   (Denmark)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^g AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

blood pressure; cohort; epidemiology; railway; road traffic; transport noise

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; METEOROLOGY; NOISE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RAILWAY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; ROAD; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAILWAY; SELF REPORT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRAFFIC NOISE; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WEATHER;

AGED; AIR POLLUTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CITIES; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAILROADS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; WEATHER;

EID: 84856506684     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-10-92     Document Type: Article

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