Background: Transportation noise may induce cardiovascular disease, but the public health
implications are unclear. Objectives: The study aimed to assess exposure–response …

Objective: An increasing amount of original studies suggested that exposure to noise could
be associated with the risk of hypertension, but the results remain inconsistent and …

Aims: Traffic noise is a psychosocial stressor. Epidemiological studies suggest chronic noise
stress to be a risk factor for cardiovascular disorders. Methods: In a prospective cohort study …

Background Epidemiological evidence suggests potential associations of road traffic noise
exposure with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality, but uncertainty remains …

Background Noise has been found to be associated with endocrine changes and
cardiovascular disease. Increased cortisol levels and chronic sleep problems due to noise …

Background Environmental traffic noise is a potential cause of hypertension. We aimed to
study the association between hypertension as recorded in health insurance claims data …

Background Transportation noise increases the risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD), but few
studies have investigated subtypes of IHD, such as myocardial infarction (MI), angina …

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 Cross-sectional studies of occupational noise and cardiovascular effects show
an association between noise and hypertension but for coronary heart disease or other …

Noise annoyance (NA) might lead to behavioral patterns not captured by noise levels, which
could reduce physical activity (PA) either directly or through impaired sleep and constitute a …