Exposures to PM2.5 components and heart rate variability in taxi drivers around the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2478-2485

  Wu, Shaowei ^a   Deng, Furong ^a   Niu, Jie ^b   Huang, Qinsheng ^b   Liu, Youcheng ^c   Guo, Xinbiao ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cardiac autonomic function; Epidemiology; Heart rate variability; Particulate matter; Traffic

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTION; TAXICABS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; CARDIAC AUTONOMIC FUNCTIONS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; INTER QUARTILE RANGES; LINEAR MIXED-EFFECTS MODEL; PARTICULATE AIR POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; REPEATED MEASUREMENTS;

HEART;

CALCIUM; CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; METAL; NICKEL; NITROGEN OXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON;

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NITROGEN OXIDES; OLYMPIC GAMES; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ADULT; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; GAME; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIFT WORKER; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; CITY; DRUG EFFECT; EXPOSURE; HEART; HEART RATE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPORT; STATISTICS;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHINA; CITIES; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPORTS;

EID: 79961002292     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.03.034     Document Type: Article

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