Transportation noise exposure and cardiovascular mortality: a nationwide cohort study from Switzerland

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 307-315

  Héritier, Harris ^a,b   Vienneau, Danielle ^a,b   Foraster, Maria ^a,b   Eze, Ikenna Collins ^a,b   Schaffner, Emmanuel ^a,b   Thiesse, Laurie ^c   Rudzik, Franziska ^c   Habermacher, Manuel ^d   Köpfli, Micha ^d   Pieren, Reto ^e   Brink, Mark ^f   Cajochen, Christian ^c   Wunderli, Jean Marc ^e   Probst Hensch, Nicole ^a,b   Röösli, Martin ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d PrivaSphere AG   (Switzerland)

^e SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^f Bundesamt fur Umweltschutz   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Cardiovascular mortality; Exposure; Intermittency ratio; Lden; Noise; Railway; Road traffic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRCRAFT NOISE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGHWAY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RAILWAY; SOUND PRESSURE; SWITZERLAND; TRAFFIC NOISE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 85014727967     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-017-0234-2     Document Type: Article

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