Negatively-charged air conditions and responses of the human psycho-neuro-endocrino-immune network

Environment International

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 765-772

  Takahashi, Kazuaki ^a   Otsuki, Takemi ^b   Mase, Akinori ^a   Kawado, Takashi ^a   Kotani, Muneo ^a   Ami, Kazuhisa ^a   Matsushima, Hiroki ^c   Nishimura, Yasumitsu ^b   Miura, Yoshie ^b   Murakami, Shuko ^b   Maeda, Megumi ^b   Hayashi, Hiroaki ^b   Kumagai, Naoko ^b   Shirahama, Takashi ^d   Yoshimatsu, Michiharu ^d   Morimoto, Kanehisa ^c  

^a SEKISUI HOUSE LTD   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Artech Kohboh Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autonomic nerve; Charcoal coating; Cytokine; Negatively charged air; Psycho neuro endocrino immune network

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; COATINGS; HEMODYNAMICS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; VISCOSITY; WATER POLLUTION;

AUTONOMIC NERVE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; CYTOKINES; EXPERIMENTAL MODELING; IMMUNE NETWORK; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; NEGATIVELY CHARGED;

BLOOD;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHARCOAL; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4;

AIR CONDITIONING; BIOMARKER; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INDOOR AIR; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VISCOSITY; BREATHING RATE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MALE; MATERIAL COATING; NEGATIVE CHARGE AIR; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; ROOM VENTILATION; SALIVA LEVEL;

EID: 48549085418     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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