Daily variation of particulate air pollution and poor cardiac autonomic control in the elderly

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 521-525

  Liao, Duanping ^a   Creason, John ^b   Shy, Carl ^a   Williams, Ron ^b   Watts, Randall ^b   Zweidinger, Roy ^b  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient air pollution; Autonomic system; Cardiovascular disease; Elderly; Heart rate variability; Particulate matter; PM2.5

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RR INTERVAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 0032808286     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.99107521     Document Type: Article

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