The role of occupational exposure to noise as a cardiovascular risk factor has not been
established sufficiently. The present study investigated the blood pressure (BP) and …

Objective The aim of this study was to investigate whether traffic police of a big city who are
exposed to urban pollutants are at risk to alterations in plasma insulin concentrations …

BACKGROUND: The purpose of our study was to evaluate the effects of urban pollution on
the lipid balance of members of a municipal police force in a big city. SUBJECTS AND …

The aim of this study was to investigate whether traffic police of a big city who are exposed
to urban pollutants are at risk to alterations in plasma insulin concentrations compared with …

… insulin levels were significantly lower compared with controls (p=0.000) (Table 1). The
number of male traffic police with insulin values outside the lower normal limit of our laboratory …

… to workers who spent most of their time sitting (P <.01 for men; P <.05 for women). The authors
… Tiziana Paola Baccolo was in charge of management and data collection, and contributed …

The effects of noise on various cardiovascular parameters are conflicting and uncertain. In
the current study, the authors studied 52 workers who were employed in a bedframe factory …

Studies on animals and human subjects have proposed that urban pollutants may cause
alterations of cortisol levels. The aim of this study is to evaluate whether police officers exposed …

… Paola Giuntoli contributed to the statistical analysis, Marco Biagi was in charge of data
collection, Tiziana Paola Baccolo supervised data collection and management and participated in …

In view of the increasing incidence of diseases such as gastritis and ulcers in workers
exposed to noise, we assessed whether noise does in fact affect gastric secretion. Then, …