Long-Term Exposure to Road Traffic Noise and Incident Diabetes: A Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Mette Sørensen,
Zorana Jovanovic Andersen,
Rikke Baastrup Nordsborg,
Thomas Becker,
Anne Tjønneland,
Kim Overvad,
Ole RaaschouNielsen
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1205503
Subject(s) - medicine , environmental health , diabetes mellitus , cohort study , cohort , confounding , type 2 diabetes , body mass index , population , demography , proportional hazards model , incidence (geometry) , endocrinology , physics , sociology , optics
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 may lead to higher risk for type 2 diabetes.
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