Association of heart rate variability of the elderly with personal exposure to PM 1, PM 1-2.5, and PM 2.5-10

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 552-556

  Chang, Li Te ^a   Tang, Chin Sheng ^b   Pan, Ying Zu ^b   Chan, Chang Chuan ^c  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Heart rate variability; Personal exposure; PM 1; PM 2.5 10

Indexed keywords

COARSE PARTICLES; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; PERSONAL EXPOSURE;

AIR POLLUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION EXPOSURE;

AGED; AGING; AIR POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 36348956255     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-007-9233-4     Document Type: Article

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