Introduction to controversial topics in nonlinear science: Is the normal heart rate chaotic?

Chaos

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Glass, Leon ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HEART RATE; HUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY;

HEART RATE; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 67651100776     PISSN: 10541500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3156832     Document Type: Article

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