Acute exposure to elevated PM2.5 generated by traffic and cardiopulmonary health effects in healthy older adults

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 525-533

  Fan, Zhihua ^a,b   Meng, Qingyu ^d   Weisel, Clifford ^a,b   Laumbach, Robert ^a,b   Ohman Strickland, Pamela ^a,c   Shalat, Stuart ^a,b   Hernandez, Marta Z ^a,b   Black, Kathleen ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Heart rate; Heart rate variability; Lung function; PM2.5; Traffic count; Vehicular emission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; HEART; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICLE SIZE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 68149098572     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2008.46     Document Type: Article

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