The influence of air pollution on cardiovascular and pulmonary function and exercise capacity: Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS)

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1309-1312

  Cakmak, Sabit ^a   Dales, Robert ^a,b,c,d   Leech, Judith ^a,c,d   Liu, Ling ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Blood pressure; Epidemiology; Exercise; Heart rate; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLOOD SYSTEM DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; OZONE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CHILD; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AIR POLLUTION; CANADA; EXERCISE; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

CANADA;

EID: 80755186518     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.09.016     Document Type: Article

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