Association of long-term air pollution with ventricular conduction and repolarization abnormalities

Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 773-780

  Van Hee, Victor C ^a   Szpiro, Adam A ^a   Prineas, Ronald ^b   Neyer, Jonathan ^c   Watson, Karol ^c   Siscovick, David ^a   Kyun Park, Sung ^d   Kaufman, Joel D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; RISK FACTOR;

AIR POLLUTION; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEART; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PARTICULATE MATTER; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80053595300     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e31823061a9     Document Type: Article

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