Heart rate variability in workers exposed to carbon disulfide

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 62-68

  Bortkiewicz, Alicja ^a   Gadzicka, Elzbieta ^a   Szymczak, Wieslaw ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Carbon disulfide; Heart rate variability (HRV)

Indexed keywords

CARBON DISULFIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CARBON DISULFIDE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031563507     PISSN: 01651838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1838(97)00045-3     Document Type: Article

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