Residential road traffic noise as a risk factor for hypertension in adults: Systematic review and meta-analysis of analytic studies published in the period 2011–2017

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 240, Issue , 2018, Pages 306-318

  Dzhambov, Angel M ^a   Dimitrova, Donka D ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiovascular disease; Community noise; Noise exposure; Transportation noise

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; GRADING; HOUSING; NOISE POLLUTION; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; ROADS AND STREETS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMUNITY NOISE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; META-ANALYSIS; NOISE EXPOSURE; PUBLICATION BIAS; RISK FACTORS; ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSPORTATION NOISE;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DATABASE; HYPERTENSION; LITERATURE REVIEW; META-ANALYSIS; NOISE POLLUTION; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE BURDEN; EMBASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NEWCASTLE-OTTAWA SCALE; PUBLISHING; SAMPLE SIZE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAFFIC; URBAN POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; NOISE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC NOISE;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; NOISE; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85048205285     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.04.122     Document Type: Article

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