Occupational Noise and Hypertension Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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SUBMITTER: Bolm-Audorff U
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7504405 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Occupational Noise and Hypertension Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Bolm-Audorff Ulrich U Hegewald Janice J Pretzsch Anna A Freiberg Alice A Nienhaus Albert A Seidler Andreas A
International journal of environmental research and public health 20200828 17
A number of epidemiological studies report an association between occupational noise exposure and arterial hypertension. Existing systematic reviews report conflicting results, so we conducted an updated systematic review with meta-analysis. We registered the review protocol with PROSPERO (registration no.: CRD 42019147923) and searched for observational epidemiological studies in literature databases (Medline, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science). Two independent reviewers screened the titles/abstra ...[more]
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