Geomagnetic disturbance associated with decrease in heart rate variability in a subarctic area

Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue SUPPL.1, 2000, Pages 51-56

  Otsuka, K ^a   Cornelissen G ^b   Weydahl, A ^c   Holmeslet, B ^c   Hansen, T L ^c   Shinagawa, M ^a   Kubo, Y ^a   Nishimura, Y ^a   Omori, K ^a   Yano, S ^d   Halberg, F ^b  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d HOKKAIDO INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronoastrobiology; Geomagnetic disturbance; Healthy students; Heart rate variability; Subarctic area

Indexed keywords

EID: 10644274607     PISSN: 07533322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0753-3322(01)90005-8     Document Type: Article

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