title: Noise and cardiovascular disease: a review of the literature 2008-2011.
abstract: The association between noise and cardiovascular disease has been studied for several decades and the weight of evidence clearly supports a causal link. Nevertheless, many questions remain, such as the magnitude and threshold level for adverse effects of noise, how noise and other cardio-toxic pollutants (such as particulate matter) may interact in disease causation, identification of vulnerable populations, of exposure modifiers (i.e., location of bedrooms) and of other effect-modifiers (i.e., gender), and how epidemiologic methodology can be improved. This review describes contributions to literature over the past 3 years in the area of noise and CVD in general, with particular focus on these questions.
authors.affiliation: School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Canada. hugh.davies@ubc.ca
authors.forename: Hugh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: Irene Van
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Kamp
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity; D001309:Auditory Threshold; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D015984:Causality; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D009622:Noise / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009624:Noise, Transportation / Q000009:adverse effects; D052638:Particulate Matter / Q000633:toxicity; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D052638:Particulate Matter