The impacts of short-term exposure to noise and traffic-related air pollution on heart rate variability in young healthy adults

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 559-564

  Huang, Jing ^a   Deng, Furong ^a   Wu, Shaowei ^b   Lu, Henry ^c   Hao, Yu ^a   Guo, Xinbiao ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

air pollution; cardiac autonomic function; heart rate variability; noise; traffic exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; NOISE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; NOISE; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883239025     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2013.21     Document Type: Article

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