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Environmental Noise & Cardiovascular Stress Response (2D)

Interactive 2D model of the noise-stress pathway: drag-pan a top-down sound-propagation map, watch a live heart-rate physiology panel and a real-time strip chart as chronic traffic-noise exposure (Lden, dB) drives cortisol-mediated allostatic load, heart rate, blood pressure and WHO-modeled ischemic heart disease risk.

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Environmental medicine treats chronic noise exposure as a real cardiovascular risk factor, not just a nuisance. This 2D simulator models the noise-stress pathway end to end: a source's day/evening/night-weighted sound level (Lden) drives a stress-hormone relaxation model, which in turn raises simulated resting heart rate and blood pressure in real time, while a WHO-derived exposure-response curve estimates the long-term relative risk of ischemic heart disease. Adjust the source level, time-of-day penalty, years of chronic exposure and facade insulation to see how each factor moves the physiology across the drag-to-pan propagation map, the live heart-rate panel and the real-time strip chart.

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Interactive 2D model of the noise-stress pathway: drag-pan a top-down sound-propagation map, watch a live heart-rate physiology panel and a real-time strip chart as chronic traffic-noise exposure (Lden, dB) drives cortisol-mediated allostatic load, heart rate, blood pressure and WHO-modeled ischemic heart disease risk.

environmental medicinenoise pollutioncardiovascular riskcortisolepidemiologypublic health

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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