

Author: Lepore Stephen J. Shejwal Bhaskar Kim Bang Hyun Evans Gary W.
Publisher: MDPI
E-ISSN: 1660-4601|7|9|3457-3466
ISSN: 1660-4601
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol.7, Iss.9, 2010-09, pp. : 3457-3466
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Abstract
The present study builds on prior research that has examined the association between children’s chronic exposure to community noise and resting blood pressure and blood pressure dysregulation during exposure to acute stressors. A novel contribution of the study is that it examines how chronic noise exposure relates to blood pressure responses during exposure to both noise and non-noise acute stressors. The acute noise stressor was recorded street noise and the non-noise stressor was mental arithmetic. The sample consisted of 189 3rd and 6th grade children (51.9% percent boys; 52.9% 3rd graders) from a noisy (
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