Seasonal variation in heart rate variability in asthmatic children

Chronobiology International

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 503-511

  Kazuma, Norio ^a   Otsuka, Kuniaki ^a   Miyakawa, Maki ^a   Shirase, Erina ^a   Matsuoka, Ikumi ^a   Murata, Mitsunori ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

24 h ambulatory electrocardiogram; Bronchial asthma; Circannual rhythm; Heart rate variability; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WEATHER;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; PERIODICITY; SEASONS; THEOPHYLLINE; WEATHER;

EID: 0033912639     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CBI-100101060     Document Type: Article

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