Differences in heart rate variability associated with long-term exposure to NO2

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1357-1361

  Felber Dietrich, Denise ^a   Gemperli, Armin ^a   Gaspoz, Jean Michel ^b   Schindler, Christian ^a   Liu, L J Sally ^a,c   Gold, Diane R ^d   Schwartz, Joel ^d,e   Rochat, Thierry ^b   Barthélémy, Jean Claude ^f   Pons, Marco ^g   Roche, Fédéric ^g   Probst Hensch, Nicole M ^h   Bridevaux, Pierre Olivier ^b   Gerbase, Margaret W ^b   Neu, Urs ⁱ   Ackermann Liebrich, Ursula ^a   Leuenberger, P ^j  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Faculty of Medicine   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^g REGIONAL HOSPITAL OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

ⁱ Akademie der Naturwissenschaften Schweiz   (Switzerland)

^j NONE

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Author keywords

Air pollution; Autonomic nervous system; Cardiovascular diseases; Cohort study; Heart rate variability; Long term exposure; Nitrogen dioxide; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR SYMPTOM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LAND USE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWITZERLAND; AIR POLLUTANT; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

EID: 55949115427     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.11377     Document Type: Article

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