Heart rate and heart rate variability response to the transpiration of vortex-water by Begonia Eliator plants to the air in an office during visual display terminal work

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 993-1003

  Johansson, Benny ^a,b  

^a Akloma Bioscience AB   (Sweden)

^b Medeon Science Park   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAP WATER;

ARTICLE; BEGONIACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT; VORTEX MOTION; WORKROOM AIR;

ADULT; BEGONIACEAE; COMPUTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OILS, VOLATILE; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SMELL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 55749110247     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2007.0525     Document Type: Article

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