Assessment of the effects of occupational noxae on the cardiovascular system;Valutazione degli effetti di noxae lavorative sull'apparato cardiovascolare

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-157

  Muzi, Giacomo ^a   Locati, Emanuela H ^a,b   Murgia, N ^a   Ambrosio, G ^a   Abbritti, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Heart rate variability; Hypertension; QT interval

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; CARBON DISULFIDE; CHOLESTEROL; CIGARETTE SMOKE; COMPLEMENT; FIBRINOGEN; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; METAL; PESTICIDE; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; SOLVENT; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA BASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PASSIVE SMOKING; PHYSICAL STRESS; QT PROLONGATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; WORK ENVIRONMENT; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART RATE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VASCULAR DISEASE; WORK SCHEDULE;

ARRHYTHMIA; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; NOXAE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR DISEASES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 3142742215     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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