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Residential exposure to aircraft noise and hospital admissions for cardiovascular diseases: multi-airport retrospective study
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Residential exposure to aircraft noise and hospital admissions for cardiovascular diseases: multi-airport retrospective study

Andrew Correia, Junenette Peters, Jonathan Levy, Steven Melly and Francesca Dominici
BMJ. British medical journal (International ed.), Vol.347(7928), p11
International edition
12 Oct 2013
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https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f5561View
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Abstract

Aircraft Patient admissions Risk factors Cardiovascular Disease Noise Older People
  Correia et al examine the association between exposure to aircraft noise and risk of hospitalization for cardiovascular disease in older people residing near airports in the US. Results show that averaged across airports, they found a statistically significant association between exposure to aircraft noise and risk of hospitalization for cardiovascular disease, controlling for individual demographics, area level socioeconomic status, air pollution, and proximity to roadways.

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