Assessment of autonomic neurotoxicity in occupational and environmental health as determined by ECG R-R interval variability: A review

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 155-163

  Murata, Katsuyuki ^a   Araki, Shunichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

autonomic nervous system; heart rate variability (CV(RR)); humans; occupational and environmental factors; parasympathetic and sympathetic functions; review

Indexed keywords

CARBON DISULFIDE; LEAD; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PESTICIDE; STYRENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; R WAVE; REVIEW; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SUDDEN DEATH; VAGUS TONE; VIBRATION;

EID: 0029799797     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199608)30:2<155::aid-ajim6>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Review

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