An epidemiological appraisal of the association between heart rate variability and particulate air pollution: A meta-analysis

Heart

Volumn 98, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 1127-1135

  Pieters, Nicky ^a   Plusquin, Michelle ^a   Cox, Bianca ^a   Kicinski, Michal ^a   Vangronsveld, Jaco ^a   Nawrot, Tim S ^a,b  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Department of Public Health Occupational and Environmental Medicine ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICULATE MATTER; PROGNOSIS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84863808274     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2011-301505     Document Type: Review

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