Association of higher levels of ambient criteria pollutants with impaired cardiac autonomic control: A population-based study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 159, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 768-777

  Liao, Duanping ^a   Duan, Yinkang ^a   Whitsel, Eric A ^b   Zheng, Zhi Jie ^c   Heiss, Gerardo ^b   Chinchilli, Vernon M ^a   Lin, Hung Mo ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cardiovascular diseases; Heart rate

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GAS ANALYSIS; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; METEOROLOGY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION RISK; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RR INTERVAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; AIR POLLUTANT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEART; INNERVATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 2342502541     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwh109     Document Type: Article

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