Objective: Reviews have suggested that road noise exposure is associated with high blood
pressure (hypertension). No reliable exposure–response relationship is as yet available. A …

The importance of noise exposure as a major environmental determinant of public health is
being increasingly recognized. While in recent years a large body evidence has emerged …

Background Results from studies of road traffic noise and hypertension are heterogeneous
with respect to effect size, effects among males and females and with respect to effects …

Cardiovascular effects of noise rank second in terms of disability-adjusted life year (DALYs)
after annoyance. Although research during the past decade has consolidated the available …

Background There is a growing body of evidence that exposure to transportation related
noise can adversely affect health and wellbeing. More recently, research on cardiovascular …

The recognition of noise exposure as a prominent environmental determinant of public
health has grown substantially. While recent years have yielded a wealth of evidence linking …

Large epidemiological studies have shown that traffic noise promotes the development of
cardiometabolic diseases. It remains to be established how long these adverse effects of …

Hypertension (HT) is associated with environmental noise exposure and is a risk factor for a
range of health outcomes. The study aims were to identify key HT related health outcomes …

Compared to other environmental issues, only a limited number of epidemiological studies
is available on the relationship between traffic noise and cardiovascular diseases. The …

Multiple cross-sectional studies indicated an association between hypertension and road
traffic noise and they were recently synthetized in a WHO systematic evidence review …