In-car particles and cardiovascular health: An air conditioning-based intervention study

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 452-453, Issue , 2013, Pages 309-313

  Chuang, Hsiao Chi ^a,b   Lin, Lian Yu ^c   Hsu, Ya Wen ^a   Ma, Chih Ming ^d   Chuang, Kai Jen ^e,f  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air conditioning system; Car; Epidemiology; Heart rate variability; Indoor air pollution; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; AIRCONDITIONING SYSTEMS; CAR; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; INTER QUARTILE RANGES; LINEAR MIXED-EFFECTS MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; REPEATED MEASUREMENTS;

AIR QUALITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEART; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

AIR CONDITIONING;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; AUTOMOBILE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMUTING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CAR; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; DRUG EFFECTS; HEART RATE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; NOISE; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

TAIPEI; TAIWAN;

PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AUTOMOBILES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NOISE; NONTHERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875608509     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.02.097     Document Type: Article

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