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- Publisher
- American Psychological Association
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2017 Hogrefe Publishing
- ISSN
- 2192-0923
- eISSN
- 2192-0931
- DOI
- 10.1027/2192-0923/a000126
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
News and Announcements Aviation Human Factors Related Industry News with heart flutter (cardiac arrhythmia). A further 18 had a Long Term Exposure to Aircraft heart attack. Noise Linked to High Blood Pressure Exposure to aircraft noise, particularly at night, was asso- ciated with all cases of high blood pressure, and with new Long term exposure cases. to aircraft noise, par- When all cases of high blood pressure were included, ticularly during the every additional 10 dB of night-time aircraft noise was asso- night, is linked to an ciated with a 69% heightened risk of the condition. When increased risk of only new cases were included, every additional 10 dB was developing high associated with a more than doubling in risk. blood pressure and Exposure to night-time aircraft noise was also associated possibly heart flutter with a doubling in risk of heart flutter diagnosed by a doc- and stroke as well, tor, but this only reached statistical significance when all suggests research published online in Occupational & Envi- cases, not just new ones, were included in the calculations. ronmental Medicine. A heightened risk of stroke was similarly linked to The research team drew on data from 420 people living increasing
Journal
Aviation Psychology and Applied Human Factors – American Psychological Association
Published: Jan 1, 2017