Associations of short-term particle and noise exposures with markers of cardiovascular and respiratory health among highway maintenance workers

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 122, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 726-732

  Meier, Reto ^a   Cascio, Wayne E ^b   Ghio, Andrew J ^b   Wild, Pascal ^a,c   Danuser, Brigitta ^a   Riediker, Michael ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c French Research and Safety Institute   (France)

^d Institute of Occupational Medicine   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARBON MONOXIDE; INTERLEUKIN 6; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SERUM AMYLOID A; THROMBOPLASTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR; AIR POLLUTANT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPOSURE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GRAVIMETRY; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE EXPOSURE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM PARTICLE EXPOSURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WORKER; AIR POLLUTANT; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART RATE; METABOLISM; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; SWITZERLAND; TIME;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84903772681     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1307100     Document Type: Article

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