Ambient temperature, air pollution, and heart rate variability in an aging population

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 173, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1013-1021

  Ren, Cizao ^a   O'Neill, Marie S ^b   Park, Sung Kyun ^b   Sparrow, David ^c,d   Vokonas, Pantel ^c,d   Schwartz, Joel ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

air pollution; heart rate; interaction; ozone; particulate matter; temperature

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

AGING POPULATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH IMPACT; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; WARMING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTION; BOSTON; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HEART RATE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OZONE; SEASONS;

BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955597719     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq477     Document Type: Article

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