The association between noise and cardiovascular disease has been studied for several
decades and the weight of evidence clearly supports a causal link. Nevertheless, many …

Noise is considered an environmental stressor adversely affecting well-being and quality of
life, inter-individual communications, and attention and cognitive function and inducing …

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 The relationship between occupational noise and cardiovascular outcomes has
been widely investigated. Regarding environmental noise levels, the attention is focused on …

Background Exposure to environmental noise is associated with adverse health effects, but
there is potential for confounding and interaction with air pollution, particularly where both …

It is well understood that noise levels below the hearing damaging criterion cause
annoyance, sleep disturbance, cognitive impairment, physiological stress reactions …

The adverse effects of noise on health have been intensely explored in the past 50 years.
However, the scope of research conducted in the Central and Eastern Europe, South-East …

It has been suggested that noise exposure is associated with blood pressure changes and
ischemic heart disease risk, but epidemiologic evidence is still limited. Furthermore, most …

Although the auditory effects of noise on humans have been established, the non-auditory
effects are not so well established. The emerging links between noise and cardiovascular …

Background: Exposure to acute noise can cause an increase in biological stress reactions,
which provides biological plausibility for a potential association between sustained noise …