Noise is a prominent feature of the environment including noise from transport, industry and
neighbours. Exposure to transport noise disturbs sleep in the laboratory, but not generally in …

Noise, a prototypical environmental stressor, has clear health effects in causing hearing loss
but other health effects are less evident. Noise exposure may lead to minor emotional …

Background. Psychosocial stressors in the workplace are a cause of anxiety and depressive
illnesses, suicide and family disruption. Methods. The present review synthesizes the …

Objective: To determine the association between adverse psychosocial characteristics at
work and risk of coronary heart disease among male and female civil servants. Design …

OBJECTIVES: The impact of work on the risk of future psychiatric disorder has been
examined in few longitudinal studies. This was examined prospectively in a large …

Background Exposure to environmental stressors can impair children's health and their
cognitive development. The effects of air pollution, lead, and chemicals have been studied …

The evidence that social support is beneficial to health and that social isolation leads to ill
health is now considerable. Social support has a positive effect on many different aspects of …

This report describes the social distribution of central obesity and the metabolic syndrome at
the Whitehall II study phase 3 examination, and assesses the contribution of health related …

In this study we consider both a gender model, a model that focuses on the stress
associated with social roles and conditions in the home environment, and a job model …

Background. Previous research suggests that children are a high risk group vulnerable to
the effects of chronic noise exposure. However, questions remain about the nature of the …