Occupational noise exposure and the risk of hypertension

Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 135-142

  Stokholm, Zara A ^a   Bonde, Jens Peter ^b   Christensen, Kent L ^a   Hansen, Åse M ^c   Kolstad, Henrik A ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL NOISE EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENMARK; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDUSTRY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84871795324     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e31826b7f76     Document Type: Article

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