WHO environmental noise guidelines for the European region: A systematic review on environmental noise and cardiovascular and metabolic effects: A summary

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2018, Pages

  van Kempen, Elise ^a   Casas, Maribel ^b   Pershagen, Göran ^c   Foraster, Maria ^b,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Diabetes; Hypertension; Ischaemic heart disease; Meta analysis; Noise exposure; Obesity; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES; GUIDELINE; HEALTH IMPACT; HYPERTENSION; LITERATURE REVIEW; META-ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; NOISE POLLUTION; OBESITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; STROKE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NOISE; NOISE POLLUTION; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAFFIC NOISE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STANDARD;

EUROPE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; METABOLIC DISEASES; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85042465184     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15020379     Document Type: Review

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