A cross-sectional study on the effects of
occupational noise exposure on hypertension or cardiovascular among workers from automobile manufacturing company of Chongqing, China
Not exact matches
«One of the surprising findings from this study was that even the subjects who had extreme
exposure — two subjects who went to a music festival with 16 hours of
exposure at 101 to 103 dBA (A-weighted decibels), which is around 1,000 percent of the daily
occupational noise limit — had only temporary changes on some functional tests, with no evidence of permanent pathology,» Le Prell said.
Long term
exposure to aircraft
noise, particularly during the night, is linked to an increased risk of developing high blood pressure and possibly heart flutter and stroke as well, suggests research published online in
Occupational & Environmental Medicine.
And The Guardian reminded us about the interplay between health and environment with a report about new evidence in
Occupational and Environmental Medicine suggesting a link between fat deposits and raised cortisol levels caused by
exposure to traffic
noise.