ArticleInternational archives of occupational and environmental health2020
Occupational exposure to noise and cold environment and the risk of death due to myocardial infarction and stroke.
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- Stroke, Small-Vessel Disease, and Occupation: Systematic Review and Data Analysis.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2026Pooled it
- The effect of occupational exposure to noise on ischaemic heart disease, stroke and hypertension: A systematic review and meta-analysis from the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-Related Burden of Disease and Injury.Environment international · 2021Pooled it
- Seasonal variation in outcomes of diabetic patients with acute myocardial infarction: A retrospective cohort study.American heart journal plus : cardiology research and practice · 2026Article
- Temperature-related indicators and risk of incident cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic multimorbidity in middle-aged and older adults: a longitudinal cohort study from CHARLS.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Occupational exposures and coronary heart disease in the Hamburg City Health Study (HCHS) - a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Cold exposure and the cardiovascular system: from physiological adaptation to pathological risk.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Review
- Occupational Risk Factors for Stroke: A Comprehensive Review.Journal of stroke · 2023Review
- Occupational exposure to noise and dust in Swedish soft paper mills and mortality from ischemic heart disease and ischemic stroke: a cohort study.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2023Article
- Incidence rates of injury, musculoskeletal, skin, pulmonary and chronic diseases among construction workers by classification of occupations in South Korea: a 1,027 subject-based cohort of the Korean Construction Worker's Cohort (KCWC).Annals of occupational and environmental medicine · 2023Article
- Association between reported work in cold environments and stroke occurrence in the CONSTANCES cohort: a prospective study.BMJ open · 2022Article
- The influence of specific aspects of occupational stress on security guards' health and work ability: detailed extension of a previous study.Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju · 2020Article
- Occupational determinants of health.International public health journalArticle
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Abstract
purposeThe present study examined a possible association between occupational exposure to noise, working and living in cold conditions, and the risk of mortality in myocardial infarction and stroke.
methodsThe present cohort study consists of 194,501 workers in the Swedish construction industry that participated in health examinations between 1971 and 1993. Noise exposure was defined on a job-exposure matrix based on a survey of the working conditions carried out during the mid 1970s. All workers were categorised into three main regions of Sweden, differing in temperature: Reference (Götaland), colder (Svealand), and coldest (Norrland). Relative risks (RR) were analysed by negative binomial regression adjusting for age, BMI, and smoking habits.
resultsModerate and high noise exposure was associated with increased risk of myocardial infarction (RR 1.10-1.13 with 95% CI over unit) and stroke mortality (RR 1.15 to 1.19 with 95% CI over unit). There was an increased risk for myocardial infarction (RR 1.10, 95% CI 1.01-1.20), but not for stroke mortality (RR 1.09, 95% CI 0.94-1.25) associated with living and working in the coldest region. There was an interaction on the risk of myocardial infarction mortality between different regions and noise exposure (p = 0.016), but not for stroke mortality (p = 0.88).
conclusionsThe study indicates an interaction between working at hazardous noise levels and living and working in cold conditions for increased mortality in myocardial infarction.
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