Increases in heart rate during an air pollution episode

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 150, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1094-1098

  Peters, Annette ^a   Perz, Siegfried ^a   Döring, Angela ^a   Stieber, Jutta ^a   Koenig, Wolfgang ^b   Wichmann, H Erich ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cardiovascular diseases; Heart rate; Sulfur dioxide

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0032733841     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009934     Document Type: Article

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