Letter to the editor regarding, “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”

• Ulrich Bolm-Audorff,
• Janice Hegewald,
• Anna Pretzsch,
• Alice Freiberg,
• Albert Nienhaus,
• Andreas Seidler

Affiliations

Ulrich Bolm-Audorff

Division of Occupational Health, Department of Occupational Safety and Environment, Regional Government of South Hesse, 65197 Wiesbaden, Germany; Associate Professor of Occupational Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University, 35392 Giessen, Germany

Janice Hegewald

Institute and Policlinic of Occupational and Social Medicine (IPAS), Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany; Corresponding author at: Institute and Policlinic of Occupational and Social Medicine (IPAS), Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstr. 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany.

Anna Pretzsch

Institute and Policlinic of Occupational and Social Medicine (IPAS), Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany

Alice Freiberg

Institute and Policlinic of Occupational and Social Medicine (IPAS), Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany

Albert Nienhaus

Competence Center for Epidemiology and Health Services Research for Healthcare Professionals (CVcare), Institute for Health Services Research in Dermatology and Nursing (IVDP), University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany; Department of Occupational Medicine, Hazardous Substances and Public Health, Institution for Statutory Accident Insurance and Prevention in the Health and Welfare Services (BGW), 22089 Hamburg, Germany

Andreas Seidler

Institute and Policlinic of Occupational and Social Medicine (IPAS), Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany