Acute effects of fine particulate air pollution on cardiac arrhythmia: The APACR study

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 927-932

  He, Fan ^a   Shaffer, Michele L ^a   Rodriguez Colon, Sol ^a   Yanosky, Jeff D ^a   Bixler, Edward ^a   Cascio, Wayne E ^b   Liao, Duanping ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrhythmia; Cardiovascular disease; PAC; Particulate matter; PVC

Indexed keywords

ANTIANGINA PECTORIS AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HISPANIC; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; PENNSYLVANIA; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 79960050591     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1002640     Document Type: Article

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