Spin-offs from blood pressure and heart rate studies for health care and space research

In Vivo

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-76

  Halberg, Franz ^a   Cornélissen, Germaine ^a   Schwartzkopff, Othild ^a   Syutkina, Elena V ^b   Grigoriev, Alexander E ^b   Mitish, Maria D ^b   Yatsyk, Galina V ^b   Studenikin, Mitrofan Y ^b   Gubin, Denis ^c   Gubin, Gennady ^c   Siegelova, Jarmila ^d   Fiser, Bohumil ^d   Dusek, Jiri ^d   Homolka, Pavel ^d   Watanabe, Yoshihiko ^e   Otsuka, Kuniaki ^e   Perfetto, Federico ^f   Tarquini, Roberto ^f   Delmore, Patrick ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^c TYUMEN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^g MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronome; Circaseptan; Disease risk ryndrome; Geomagnetic disturbance

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AWARENESS; BIOSPHERE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CHRONOBIOLOGY; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VASCULAR DISEASE; WEATHER;

EID: 0344507152     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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