The quantitative relationship between road traffic noise and hypertension: A meta-analysis

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1075-1086

  Van Kempen, Elise ^a   Babisch, Wolfgang ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

exposure response relationship; heterogeneity; high blood pressure; hypertension; meta analysis; review; road traffic noise

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; EXPOSURE; GERMANY; HEALTH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NOISE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAFFIC NOISE;

EID: 84861094315     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e328352ac54     Document Type: Review

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