12th International Congress on Sound and Vibration

Lisbon, Portugal, 11 July 2005
International Institute of Acoustics & Vibration

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF LOW-FREQUENCY NOISE

To infrasound assessment as harmful physical factor. 1279.
I. E. Tsukernikov, I. A. Nekrasov.

Vibroacoustic disease and voice acoustic analysis. 1285.
Ana Mendes, Mariana Alves-Pereira, Nuno Castelo Branco, João Silva, Fátima Pires.

Infra low frequency tones and inner ear function. 1294.
Guenther Scholz, Johannes Hensel, Thomas Janssen.

Vibroacoustic disease - years of continuous research. 1302.
Nuno A. A. Castelo Branco.

Clinical stages of vibroacoustic disease for health professionals. 1309.
Nuno A. A. Castelo Branco.

Biological mechanisms and targets of low frequency noise exposure. 1317.
Mariana Alves-Pereira, Maria Cristina Marques, Nuno A. A. Castelo Branco.

Physiopathology of vibroacoustic disease. 1326.
Nuno A. A. Castelo Branco, Maria Cristina Marques, Mariana Alves-Pereira.

Haemostasis and coagulation changes in vibroacoustic disease. 1332.
L. M. Cunha Ribeiro, Francisco F. Crespo, Isabel Freire, Helena Afonso, Salomé N. Castelo Branco, M. C. Marques, Mariana Alves-Pereira, Nuno A. A. Castelo Branco.

Auto-immune disorders in vibroacoustic disease. 1340.
N. A. A. Castelo Branco, José Reis Ferreira, Maria Cristina Marques, Mariana Alves-Pereira.

Mutagenesis and malignancy in vibroacoustic disease. 1346.
N. A. A. Castelo Branco.

Echocardiography in vibroacoustic disease. 1354.
Amilcar Araújo, Joaquim Carranca, Mariana Alves-Pereira, Nuno A. A. Castelo Branco.

The pericardium in vibroacoustic disease I – morphological features. 1363.
Nuno A. A. Castelo Branco, José I. Fragata, Ana P. Martins, Emanuel Monteiro, Mariana Alves-Pereira.

The pericardium in vibroacoustic disease III – a new structure. 1372.
Mariana Alves-Pereira, José I. Fragata, Emanuel Monteiro, Daniela Sousa Silva, Nuno A. A. Castelo Branco.

The pericardium in vibroacoustic disease II – cellular death pathways. 1380.
Nuno A. A. Castelo Branco, José I. Fragata, Maria Cristina Marques, Emanuel Monteiro, Mariana Alves-Pereira.

Respiratory pathology in vibroacoustic disease I - current findings. 1388.
José Reis Ferreira, Carla P. Mendes, Mariana Alves-Pereira, Nuno A. A. Castelo Branco.

Respiratory pathology in vibroacoustic disease II – specific morphological changes. 1395.
Miguel Monteiro, José Reis Ferreira, Carla P. Mendes, Isabel Serrano, Fernanda Tavares, Mariana Alves-Pereira, Nuno A. A. Castelo Branco.

Neurological disorders in vibroacoustic disease I - current findings. 1404.
Peter Foreid, Augusto J. F. Martinho Pimenta, Mariana Alves-Pereira, Nuno A. A. Castelo Branco.

Neurological disorders in vibroacoustic disease II - epilepsy. 1414.
Peter Foreid, Augusto J. F. Martinho Pimenta, Mariana Alves-Pereira, Nuno A. A. Castelo Branco.

Neurological disorders in vibroacoustic disease III – respiratory controL. 1423.
José Reis Ferreira, José Albuquerque E Sousa, Peter Foreid, Marco Antunes, Mariana Alves-Pereira, Nuno A. A. Castelo Branco.

Behavioral and psychological changes in vibroacoustic disease. 1429.
Peter Foreid, Augusto J. F. Martinho Pimenta, Mariana Alves-Pereira, Nuno A. A. Castelo Branco.

Gastrointestinal problems in vibroacoustic disease. 1438.
Jorge da Fonseca, José Mirones, José Martins dos Santos, Pedro Oliveira, Mariana Alves-Pereira, Nuno A. A. Castelo Branco.

Urinary system in vibroacoustic disease - current findings and ongoing studies. 1446.
José Martins dos Santos, José Albuquerque E Sousa, Maria Cristina Marques, Emanuel Monteiro, Mariana Alves-Pereira, Nuno A. A. Castelo Branco.

Personal experiences of vibroacoustic disease patients with environmental exposures. 1454.
Nuno A. A. Castelo Branco, Mariana Alves-Pereira.

Environmental vibroacoustic disease - an example of environmental low frequency noise exposure. 1461.
Nuno A. A. Castelo Branco, Mariana Alves-Pereira, Amilcar Araújo, José Reis Ferreira, João Joanaz de Melo.

Forensic features in vibroacoustic disease studies. 1469.
Nuno A. A. Castelo Branco, Ensor Rodriguez, Mariana Alves-Pereira.

Low frequency noise legislation. 1478.
Mariana Alves-Pereira, Jersy Motylewski, Elzbieta Kotlicka, Nuno A. A. Castelo Branco.

Low frequency noise exposure as a confounding factor in biomedical science. 1486.
Mariana Alves-Pereira.

... And again low frequency noise – a possible solution. 1494.
Mariana Alves-Pereira.

The infrasound influence on human organism and some proposals on infrasound disease therapy and new infrasound norms creation. 1502.
A. N. Bletkin, V. Baklanov, S. Postnov, Y. Shevchenko, I. Borisov.

Vibroacoustic disease under the low sound pressure level. 1508.
Ken Okada.

Morphologic changes in the parotid gland induced by low frequency noise – an histology study. 1516.
Pedro Oliveira, José Martins dos Santos, Nuno Rodrigues Grande, Nuno Castelo Branco, Jorge da Fonseca, Mariana Aves-Pereira