Breast cancer and exposure to aircraft, road, and railway-noise: a case-control study based on health insurance records
Hegewald, Janice ; Schubert, Melanie ; Wagner, Mandy ; Dröge, Patrik ; Prote, Ursel ; Swart, Enno ; Möhler, Ulrich ; Zeeb, Hajo ; Seidler, Andreas
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health
2017
43
6
509-518
noise ; exposure ; air traffic ; road traffic ; breast cancer ; sleep disturbances ; epidemiologic study ; occupational disease
Medicine - Toxicology - Health
"The influence of environmental traffic noise exposure on breast cancer risks, especially with respect to estrogen receptor status, has scarcely been researched. We found exposure to higher levels of aircraft traffic noise was associated with increased risks of estrogen receptor negative breast cancers. Considering the prevalence of traffic-noise, a small increase in cancer risk can be of public health importance."
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