Francesco Tomei, Simone De Sio, Enrico Tomao, Vincenza Anzelmo, Tiziana Paola Baccolo, Manuela Ciarrocca, Emilia Cherubini, Valentina Valentini, Assunta Capozzella, Maria Valeria Rosati
The role of occupational exposure to noise as a hypertension risk factor has not been established sufficiently. The aim of the study is to evaluate whether chronic exposure to different levels of noise in two groups of pilots, operating with two types of aircraft, could be a risk for hypertension, what relevance the parameters (intensity, duration and type) of exposure can have and, lastly, whether there are any links between hearing impairment and hypertension. After excluding pilots with confounding factors, a study was made of 77 male pilots of turboprop planes (group A) and 224 male pilots of jet aircraft (group B), matched by age and working life...
April 2005: International Journal of Environmental Health Research