Acute effects of firefighting on arterial stiffness and blood flow

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-118

  Fahs, Christopher A ^a,b   Huimin Yan, ^a   Ranadive, Sushant ^a   Rossow, Lindy M ^a,b   Agiovlasitis, Stamatis ^a   Echols, George ^a   Smith, Denise ^c   Horn, Gavin P ^d   Rowland, Thomas ^e   Lane, Abbi ^a   Fernhall, Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Illinois Fire Service Institute   (United States)

^e BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

arterial stiffness; blood flow; firefighting; vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ADULT; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CAROTID ARTERY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FIRE FIGHTER; FOREARM; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEREMIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SPIKE WAVE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WAVE REFLECTION TIMING;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FIRES; FOREARM; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATION;

EID: 79955407946     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1358863X11404940     Document Type: Article

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