Prevalence of systemic arterial hypertension electrocardiogram abnormalities, and noise-induced hearing loss in agricultural workers

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 196-203

  Tomei, Gianfranco ^a   Sancini, Angela ^a   Tomei, Francesco ^a   Vitarelli, Antonio ^a   Andreozzi, Giorgia ^a   Rinaldi, Giovanni ^a   Giorgio, Valeria Di ^a   Samperi, Ilaria ^a   Fiaschetti, Maria ^a   Tasciotti, Zaira ^a   Cetica, Carlotta ^a   Capozzella, Assunta ^a   Ciarrocca, Manuela ^a   Caciari, Tiziana ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agricultural workers; Coronary artery disease; Hypertension; Noise

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PESTICIDE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; AUDIOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VIBRATION; AGED; AGRICULTURE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; AUDIOMETRY; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880168441     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19338244.2012.701245     Document Type: Article

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