Long-Term Exposure to Transportation Noise and Risk of Incident Stroke: A Pooled Study of Nine Scandinavian Cohorts.
Nina RoswallAndrei PykoMikael ÖgrenAnna OudinAnnika RosengrenAnton LagerAslak H PoulsenCharlotta ErikssonDavid SegerssonDebora RizzutoEva M AnderssonGunn Marit AasvangGunnar EngströmJeanette T JørgensenJenny SelanderJesper H ChristensenJesse ThacherKarin LeanderKim OvervadKristina EnerothKristoffer MattissonLars BarregårdLeo StockfeltMaria AlbinMatthias KetzelMette K SimonsenMårten SpanneOle Raaschou-NielsenPatrik K E MagnussonPekka TiittanenPeter MolnarPetter LjungmanTimo LankiYoun-Hee LimZorana J AndersenGöran PershagenMette SørensenPublished in: Environmental health perspectives (2021)
In this pooled study, road traffic noise was associated with a higher risk of stroke. This finding supports road traffic noise as an important cardiovascular risk factor that should be included when estimating the burden of disease due to traffic noise. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP8949.