Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are fatal for more than 38 million people each year
and are thus the main contributors to the global burden of disease accounting for 70% of …

Hypertension is a global health problem, with> 1.3 billion individuals with high blood
pressure worldwide. In this Review, we present an inflammatory paradigm for hypertension …

Aviation noise pollution has become a significant public health problem, especially with the
endless improvement of flight speed and loading capacity. Existing aviation noise absorbers …

The importance of noise exposure as a major environmental determinant of public health is
being increasingly recognized. While in recent years a large body evidence has emerged …

Transportation noise is a ubiquitous urban exposure. In 2018, the World Health Organization
concluded that chronic exposure to road traffic noise is a risk factor for ischemic heart …

Abstract Worldwide, up to 8.8 million excess deaths/year have been attributed to air
pollution, mainly due to the exposure to fine particulate matter (PM). Traffic-related noise is …

Environmental risk factors, including noise, air pollution, chemical agents, ultraviolet
radiation (UVR) and mental stress have a considerable impact on human health. Oxidative …

Background Smoking is a well-established risk factor for chronic non-communicable
diseases. However, the relationship between cigarette smoking and the risk of developing …

Large epidemiological studies have shown that traffic noise promotes the development of
cardiometabolic diseases. It remains to be established how long these adverse effects of …

Aims Environmental stressors such as traffic noise represent a global threat, accounting for
1.6 million healthy life years lost annually in Western Europe. Therefore, the noise …