Effects of different cold-air exposure intensities on the risk of cardiovascular disease in healthy and hypertensive rats

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 185-194

  Luo, Bin ^a,b   Zhang, Shuyu ^b   Ma, Shoucun ^a   Zhou, Ji ^a   Wang, Baojian ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^c Lanzhou Central Meteorological Observatory   (China)

Author keywords

Cold air; CVD risk factors; Healthy and hypertensive rats

Indexed keywords

AIR; ANIMAL; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; WISTAR RAT;

AIR; ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, WISTAR; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84894656571     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-013-0641-3     Document Type: Article

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