Air Pollution and Arrhythmic Risk: The Smog Is Yet to Clear

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 734-741

  Watkins, Alex ^a,b   Danilewitz, Marlon ^c   Kusha, Marjan ^b   Massé, Stéphane ^b   Urch, Bruce ^c   Quadros, Kenneth ^b   Spears, Danna ^b   Farid, Talha ^b   Nanthakumar, Kumaraswamy ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; GAS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PNEUMONIA; QT INTERVAL; REVIEW; SMOG; T WAVE AMPLITUDE; TOXICOLOGY;

AIR POLLUTION; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ONTARIO; RISK FACTORS; SMOG;

EID: 84878152162     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2012.09.005     Document Type: Review

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