Heart rate variability: Measurements and risk stratification

Electrical Diseases of the Heart: Genetics, Mechanisms, Treatment, Prevention

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 365-378

  Gang, Yi ^a   Malik, Marek ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77957794165     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84628-854-8_25     Document Type: Chapter

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