Heart rate variability in association with frequent use of household sprays and scented products in SAPALDIA

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 958-964

  Mehta, Amar J ^a,b,c   Adam, Martin ^a,b   Schaffner, Emmanuel ^a,b   Barthélémy, Jean Claude ^d   Carballo, David ^e   Gaspoz, Jean Michel ^e   Rochat, Thierry ^e   Schindler, Christian ^a,b   Schwartz, Joel ^c   Zock, Jan Paul ^f,g,h   Künzli, Nino ^a,b   Probst Hensch, Nicole ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^e GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^f CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^h CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Airway irritants; Autonomic nervous system; Epidemiology; Heart rate variability; Observational studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOLTER MONITORING; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPIROMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864133447     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1104567     Document Type: Article

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