SynthesisNoise & health
The combined effects of occupational exposure to noise and other risk factors - a systematic review.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 94 citations in OpenAlex.
- Environmental Noise Exposure and Risk of Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Current environmental health reports · 2025Pooled it
- Global trends in hearing loss among the working-age population: a 30-year epidemiological analysis.Annals of medicine · 2026Article
- Occupational hearing loss and job stress among industrial workers in Markazi Province Iran using structural equation modeling.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Association between combined occupational exposure to coal dust and noise and high-frequency hearing loss among workers: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Health trends among workers in Germany and the role of changing job activities and working conditions.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Are orthopaedic trauma surgeons at risk of occupational noise-induced hearing loss?OTA international : the open access journal of orthopaedic trauma · 2025Article
- Nephrotoxic effects of combined exposure to 85 dB(a) noise and 300 ppm toluene inToxicology research · 2025Article
- The Association Between HIV/AIDS, Ototoxicity of Its Treatments, and Occupational Noise Induced Hearing Loss: A Narrative Review Mapping the Existing Literature and Identifying Research Gaps.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Review
- Occupational noise in the university setting: dosimetric assessment and strategies for exposure reduction.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Investigating the effects of co-exposure to noise and benzene on serum oxidative stress in rat.Toxicology reports · 2024Article
- Association between occupational noise and obesity: a retrospective cohort study in China.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2024Article
- Increased oxidative stress in shoe industry workers with low-level exposure to a mixture of volatile organic compounds.Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju · 2024Article
- Psychological Effects of Noise Exposure on Personnel in Central Sterile Supply Department in China.Psychology research and behavior management · 2024Article
- Shift work and menstruation: A meta-analysis study.SSM - population health · 2023Review
- Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2023Article
- Investigation and Analysis on Occupational Exposure Causes and Mental Status of Infectious Diseases in Pre-Hospital Emergency Medical Personnel.Iranian journal of public health · 2023Article
- Noise-Induced Hearing Loss.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Proposal of Combined Noise and Hand-Arm Vibration Index for Occupational Exposure: Application to a Study Case in the Olive Sector.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Environmental noise exposure is associated with atherothrombotic risk.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
purposeNoise-induced health effects exacerbate by many other risk factors. This systematic review aims at shedding light on the combined effects of co-exposure to occupational noise and other factors. MATERIAL AND
methodsA literature search in Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, Science Direct, and Google Scholar, with appropriate keywords on combined effects of occupational noise, and co-exposure to noise and other factors, revealed 7928 articles which were screened by two researchers. A total of 775 articles were reviewed in full text. We found 149 articles that were relevant and had sufficient quality for analysis.
resultsWe identified 16 risk factors that exacerbate occupational noise-induced health effects. These factors were classified into four groups: chemical (carbon monoxide (CO), solvents, heavy metals, and other chemicals), physical (lighting, heat, vibration, and cold), personal (age, gender, genetics, smoking, medication, contextual diseases) and occupational (workload and shift work). Hearing loss, hypertension, reduced performance, and cardiovascular strains, are the most important risk factors combined effects due to concurrent exposure to noise and other risk factors.
conclusionEvidences of combined effects of solvents, vibration, heavy metals, CO, smoking, chemicals, aging, heat, and shiftwork were respectively stronger than for other factors. Most of the studies have investigated only the combined effects of risk factors on hearing, and the evidence for non-auditory effects is still limited, and more studies are warranted. Therefore, in the Hearing Conservation Programs, besides noise, aggravating factors of noise effects should also be taken into account.
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