Influence of mercury exposure on blood pressure, resting heart rate and heart rate variability in French Polynesians: A cross-sectional study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Valera, Beatriz ^a   Dewailly, Éric ^a,b   Poirier, Paul ^b,c   Counil, Emilie ^d,e   Suhas, Edouard ^f  

^a University Laval   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^f INSTITUT LOUIS MALARDÉ   (French Polynesia)

Author keywords

blood pressure; French Polynesia; heart rate variability; Methymercury; n 3 fatty acids; resting heart rate

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; SELENIUM; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS SECTION; DIET; FATTY ACID; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EFFECT; PRESSURE EFFECT; RISK FACTOR; SEAFOOD; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; POLYNESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SCHOOL CHILD; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; POLLUTANT; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

FRENCH POLYNESIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYNESIA; RURAL POPULATION; SELENIUM; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82555184869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-10-99     Document Type: Article

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