Epidemiological studies have found that transportation noise increases the risk of
cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, with high-quality evidence for ischaemic heart …

Noise has been found associated with annoyance, stress, sleep disturbance, and impaired
cognitive performance. Furthermore, epidemiological studies have found that environmental …

Environmental factors can act as facilitators of chronic non-communicable diseases.
Ambient noise and air pollution collectively outrank all other environmental risk factors in …

Background Ambient air pollution is suspected to cause lung cancer. We aimed to assess
the association between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and lung cancer …

Background Ambient air pollution has been associated with restricted fetal growth, which is
linked with adverse respiratory health in childhood. We assessed the effect of maternal …

Ambient particulate air pollution assessed as outdoor concentrations of particulate matter
less than or equal to 2.5 micro m in diameter (PM (2.5)) in urban background has been …

Rationale: Short-term exposure to air pollution has been associated with exacerbation of
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), whereas the role of long-term exposures on …

Background: Road traffic noise at normal urban levels can lead to stress and sleep
disturbances. Both excess of stress hormones and reduction in sleep quality and duration …

Methods: In a population-based cohort of 57,053 people, we identified 1881 cases of first
stroke in a population-based nationwide hospital register between enrolment in 1993–1997 …

Objective To investigate the associations between air pollution and mortality, focusing on
associations below current European Union, United States, and World Health Organization …