Low dose mercury and heart rate variability among community residents nearby to an industrial complex in Korea

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-16

  Lim, Sinye ^a,b   Chung, Hee Ung ^b   Paek, Domyung ^b  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Heart rate variability; Mercury; Parasympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INDUSTRIAL AREA; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAIR; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; KOREA; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74249121336     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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