[HTML][HTML] WHO environmental noise guidelines for the European region: a systematic review on environmental noise and cardiovascular and metabolic effects: a …

E Van Kempen, M Casas, G Pershagen… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
To update the current state of evidence and assess its quality, we conducted a systematic
review on the effects of environmental noise exposure on the cardio-metabolic systems as …

City planning and population health: a global challenge

B Giles-Corti, A Vernez-Moudon, R Reis, G Turrell… - The lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Significant global health challenges are being confronted in the 21st century, prompting
calls to rethink approaches to disease prevention. A key part of the solution is city planning …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of indoor environmental quality on occupant well-being and comfort: A review of the literature

M Arif, M Katafygiotou, A Mazroei, A Kaushik… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) and its effect on occupant well-being and comfort is an
important area of study. This paper presents a state of the art study through extensive review …

Auditory and non-auditory effects of noise on health

M Basner, W Babisch, A Davis, M Brink, C Clark… - The lancet, 2014 - thelancet.com
Noise is pervasive in everyday life and can cause both auditory and non-auditory health
effects. Noise-induced hearing loss remains highly prevalent in occupational settings, and is …

Cardiovascular effects of environmental noise exposure

T Münzel, T Gori, W Babisch, M Basner - European heart journal, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The role of noise as an environmental pollutant and its impact on health are being
increasingly recognized. Beyond its effects on the auditory system, noise causes annoyance …

Travel and the built environment: A meta-analysis

R Ewing, R Cervero - Journal of the American planning association, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Problem: Localities and states are turning to land planning and urban design for help in
reducing automobile use and related social and environmental costs. The effects of such …

Environmental burden of disease in Europe: assessing nine risk factors in six countries

O Hänninen, AB Knol, M Jantunen… - Environmental …, 2014 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Environmental health effects vary considerably with regard to their severity,
type of disease, and duration. Integrated measures of population health, such as …

Environmental stressors and cardio-metabolic disease: part I–epidemiologic evidence supporting a role for noise and air pollution and effects of mitigation strategies

T Münzel, M Sørensen, T Gori, FP Schmidt… - European heart …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Traffic noise and air pollution together represent the two most important environmental risk
factors in urbanized societies. The first of this two-part review discusses the epidemiologic …

The quantitative relationship between road traffic noise and hypertension: a meta-analysis

E Van Kempen, W Babisch - Journal of hypertension, 2012 - journals.lww.com
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 …

Worldwide exposures to cardiovascular risk factors and associated health effects: current knowledge and data gaps

I Tzoulaki, P Elliott, V Kontis, M Ezzati - Circulation, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Information on exposure to, and health effects of, cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors
is needed to develop effective strategies to prevent CVD events and deaths. Here, we …