Ambient carbon monoxide may influence heart rate variability in subjects with coronary artery disease

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1217-1221

  Dales, Robert ^a,b  

^a Environmental Health Center   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RR INTERVAL; TIME;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA PECTORIS; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO;

EID: 10444235078     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000147225.31047.de     Document Type: Article

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