Comparison of heart rate variability and cardiac arrhythmias in polluted and clean air episodes in healthy individuals

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 217-221

  Davoodi, Gholamreza ^a   Sharif, Ahmad Yamini ^a   Kazemisaeid, Ali ^a   Sadeghian, Saeed ^a   Farahani, Ali Vasheghani ^a   Sheikhvatan, Mehrdad ^a   Pashang, Mina ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cardiac arrhythmia; Heart rate variability

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART AUTOMATICITY; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; IRAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; QT INTERVAL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 77956486257     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-009-0130-9     Document Type: Article

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