Does traffic noise influence respiratory mortality?

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 797-799

  Tobías, Aurelio ^a   Recio, Alberto ^b   Díaz, Julio ^c   Linares, Cristina ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b Dept of Education Comunidad de Madrid ^*  (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT;

AIR POLLUTANT; ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MORTALITY; NEURODERMATITIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLEEP DISORDER; SPAIN; TRAFFIC NOISE; TREND STUDY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATION DISORDERS;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SPAIN;

EID: 84907339656     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00176213     Document Type: Letter

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