TY - GEN
T1 - Cardiovascular effects of the combined exposure to noise and outdoor air pollution
T2 - 41st International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering 2012, INTER-NOISE 2012
AU - Lekaviciute, Jurgita
AU - De Kluizenaar, Yvonne
AU - Laszlo, Helga Elvira
AU - Hansell, Anna
AU - Floud, Sarah
AU - Lercher, Peter
AU - Babisch, Wolfgang
AU - Kephalopoulos, Stylianos
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - The combination of noise with other environmental stressors, particularly traffic-related air pollution, has been of growing interest in recent years. Cardiovascular effects are among the most evidence-based physical health outcomes. Moreover, the European Network on Noise and Health (ENNAH), which helped to establish collaboration between researchers on noise and researchers on air quality, identified gaps in the evidence of environmental noise related health research and concluded that one of the most important topics to focus on was noise and co-exposures. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to summarize current knowledge on the association between environmental noise and air pollutant exposure and cardiovascular health effects, and to look at whether the evidence suggests that noise and air pollution confound or interact with each other. This review comprises a literature search for the period 2005 to 2012. It also aims to identify gaps which could help to shape future research directions. The results suggest that noise and air pollution exert independent effects on cardiovascular health, but the evidence for any interactive effects is still limited and has to be further investigated.
AB - The combination of noise with other environmental stressors, particularly traffic-related air pollution, has been of growing interest in recent years. Cardiovascular effects are among the most evidence-based physical health outcomes. Moreover, the European Network on Noise and Health (ENNAH), which helped to establish collaboration between researchers on noise and researchers on air quality, identified gaps in the evidence of environmental noise related health research and concluded that one of the most important topics to focus on was noise and co-exposures. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to summarize current knowledge on the association between environmental noise and air pollutant exposure and cardiovascular health effects, and to look at whether the evidence suggests that noise and air pollution confound or interact with each other. This review comprises a literature search for the period 2005 to 2012. It also aims to identify gaps which could help to shape future research directions. The results suggest that noise and air pollution exert independent effects on cardiovascular health, but the evidence for any interactive effects is still limited and has to be further investigated.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84883582750
SN - 9781627485609
T3 - 41st International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering 2012, INTER-NOISE 2012
SP - 6009
EP - 6017
BT - 41st International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering 2012, INTER-NOISE 2012
Y2 - 19 August 2012 through 22 August 2012
ER -