Noise as a health hazard for children: Time to make a noise about it

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 111-114

  Thakur, Neha ^b   Batra, Prerna ^a   Gupta, Piyush ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Hind Institute of Medical Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

Environment; Health problems; Noise pollution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COCHLEA INJURY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EARDRUM PERFORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART RATE; HIGH FREQUENCY HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEARNING DISORDER; NEWBORN PERIOD; NOISE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE POLLUTION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; STRESS ULCER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; FEMALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEWBORN;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT HEALTH; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NOISE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84959153358     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 09747559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-016-0802-7     Document Type: Article

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