Acute adverse effects of fine particulate air pollution on ventricular repolarization

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1010-1015

  Liao, Duanping ^a   Shaffer, Michele L ^a   Rodriguez Colon, Sol ^a   He, Fan ^a   Li, Xian ^a   Wolbrette, Deborah L ^a   Yanosky, Jeff ^a   Cascio, Wayne E ^b  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic modulation; Cardiovascular disease; Particulate matter; QT interval; Ventricular repolarization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; AIR POLLUTANT; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICLE SIZE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PENNSYLVANIA; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 77954839998     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0901648     Document Type: Article

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