Altered heart-rate variability in asthmatic and healthy volunteers exposed to concentrated ambient coarse particles

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 16, Issue 6-7, 2004, Pages 335-343

  Gong Jr , Henry ^d   Linn, William S ^e   Terrell, Sheryl L ^a   Clark, Kenneth W ^a   Geller, Michael D ^b   Anderson, Karen R ^a   Cascio, Wayne E ^c   Sioutas, Constantinos ^b  

^a Los Amigos Research and Education Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d RANCHO LOS AMIGOS NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; AIR MONITORING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ASTHMA; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERE EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM; SUBURBAN POPULATION;

EID: 2542420712     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370490439470     Document Type: Conference Paper

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