Road traffic noise and markers of obesity – A population-based study
Environmental ResearchPublished 21 February 2015
Bente Oftedal, Norun Hjertager Krog, Andrei Pyko, Charlotta Eriksson, Sidsel Graff‐Iversen, Margaretha Haugen
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In an adult urban Scandinavian population, road traffic noise was positively associated with obesity markers among highly noise sensitive women and the associations appeared stronger among men with bedroom facing a street, representing a population with more accurately assigned exposure.
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In an adult urban Scandinavian population, road traffic noise was positively associated with obesity markers among highly noise sensitive women. The associations appeared stronger among men with bedroom facing a street, representing a population with more accurately assigned exposure.
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