The ecological context of soundscapes for children's blood pressure

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 773-781

  Lercher, Peter ^a   Evans, Gary W ^b   Widmann, Ulrich ^c  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c AUDI AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL CONDITIONS; COMMUNITY NOISE LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRESSURE RESPONSE; ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; NOISE POLLUTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

BLOOD PRESSURE;

HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOUND DETECTION; TRAFFIC NOISE; URBAN POPULATION;

AUSTRIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MOTHERS; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84880499760     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4807808     Document Type: Article

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