Carbon dioxide balneotherapy and cardiovascular disease

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 657-663

  Pagourelias, Efstathios D ^a   Zorou, Paraskevi G ^b   Tsaligopoulos, Miltiadis ^a   Athyros, Vasilis G ^c   Karagiannis, Asterios ^c   Efthimiadis, Georgios K ^a  

^a AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Balneotherapy; Carbon dioxide; Cardiovascular; Intermittent claudication

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

BALNEOTHERAPY; BLOOD FLOW; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SKIN; TEMPERATURE SENSE; VASCULARIZATION;

BALNEOLOGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; THERMOSENSING;

EID: 80052074578     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-010-0380-7     Document Type: Review

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