Hypotension and environmental noise: A replication study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 8661-8688

  Lercher, Peter ^a   Widmann, Ulrich ^b   Thudium, Jürg ^c  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b AUDI AG   (Germany)

^c Oekoscience Institute   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Age; BMI; Effect modification; Hypotension; Rail noise; Sex; Traffic noise; Weather sensitivity

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; HEALTH IMPACT; NOISE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WEATHER;

ACOUSTIC STRESS; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE POLLUTION; RAILWAY; REPLICATION STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRAFFIC NOISE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AUSTRIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WEATHER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WEATHER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906832588     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110908661     Document Type: Article

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