Influence of room heating on ambulatory blood pressure in winter: A randomised controlled study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 484-490

  Saeki, Keigo ^a   Obayashi, Kenji ^a   Iwamoto, Junko ^b   Tanaka, Yuu ^a   Tanaka, Noriyuki ^c   Takata, Shota ^c   Kubo, Hiroko ^d   Okamoto, Nozomi ^a   Tomioka, Kimiko ^a   Nezu, Satoko ^a   Kurumatani, Norio ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TENRI HEALTH CARE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Daiwa House Industry Co   (Japan)

^d NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEATING; HYPERTENSION; INDOOR AIR; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; WINTER;

JAPAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HEATING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMISED TRIALS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEASON; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TEMPERATURE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; RANDOMISED TRIALS; TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEATING; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; SEASONS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84881233899     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2012-201883     Document Type: Article

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