Effects of cold air on cardiovascular disease risk factors in rat

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2312-2325

  Luo, Bin ^a,b   Zhang, Shuyu ^b   Ma, Shoucun ^a   Zhou, Ji ^a   Wang, Baojian ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^c Lanzhou Central Meteorological Observatory   (China)

Author keywords

Cold air exposure; CVD risk factors; Myocardial injury indicators

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; CHOLESTEROL; FIBRINOGEN; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; MYOGLOBIN; NORADRENALIN; TROPONIN T;

AIR EXPOSURE; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COLD AIR; RISK FACTOR; RODENT;

ANGIOTENSIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COLD AIR; COLD EXPOSURE; COLD STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84863861949     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph9072312     Document Type: Article

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