Over the last four decades there has been a steady increase in air travel worldwide. The
global air transport network has contributed to the growth of economies by providing better …

Figure 1 Effects of acute nighttime aircraft noise exposure that lead to cardiovascular death.
Inserts (right panel) show substantial odds ratios of nighttime mortality in relation to 2 hL Aeq …

Environmental noise is an understudied environmental pollutant that has important
implications for public health and policy. Although studies of exposure to aircraft noise have …

Background We followed up, in 2013, the subjects who lived near the Athens International
Airport and had participated in the cross-sectional multicountry HYENA study in 2004–2006 …

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 …

Aims It is unclear whether night-time noise events, including from aeroplanes, could trigger a
cardiovascular death. In this study, we investigate the potential acute effects of aircraft noise …

Aims Epidemiological studies suggest the existence of a relationship between aircraft noise
exposure and increased risk for myocardial infarction and stroke. Patients with established …

Background Although a number of studies have found an association between aircraft noise
and hypertension, there is a lack of evidence on associations with other cardiovascular …

Air pollution and traffic noise are the two major environmental pollutants affecting health
according to the World Health Organization (WHO). 1 For air pollution, the American Heart …

The influence of sound on cardiovascular physiology is well established. Since the time of
Orpheus in ancient Greece, whose songs and music could effect behavioural and physical …