Background: Noise pollution is considered a risk factor for ischemic heart disease (IHD).
Both are highly prevalent in Bulgaria, but their association has not been studied sufficiently …

Introduction There has been continuing research interest in the non-auditory physiological
effects of noise over the last five years (1998-2003), since our previous review (Lercher …

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 …

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 …

The association of coronary heart and cardiovascular mortality with noise sensitivity was
studied. We also investigated how this association is affected by self-reported lifetime noise …

While noise pollution from transportation has become an important public health problem,
the relationships between different sources of traffic noise and cardiovascular diseases …

For the development of the WHO Noise Guidelines for the European Region, meta-analyses
for various cardio-metabolic outcomes were conducted to derive exposure-response …

Background Chronic exposure to occupational noise may be associated with increased risk
of coronary heart disease (CHD) and hypertension. However, findings are inconsistent and …

Background: Long-term noise exposure is associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD),
including acute cardiovascular events such as myocardial infarction and stroke. However …

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 …