Road traffic noise frequency and prevalent hypertension in Taichung, Taiwan: A cross-sectional study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Chang, Ta Yuan ^a,b   Beelen, Rob ^b   Li, Su Fei ^a   Chen, Tzu I ^a   Lin, Yen Ju ^a   Bao, Bo Ying ^a   Liu, Chiu Shong ^c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Hypertension; Prevalence; Transportation noise

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; HYPERTENSION; NOISE; PUBLIC HEALTH; ROAD TRAFFIC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN; TRAFFIC NOISE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; YOUNG ADULT;

TAICHUNG; TAIWAN;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; PREVALENCE; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84988720850     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-13-37     Document Type: Article

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