Framingham risk score modifies the effect of PM10 on heart rate variability

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 523, Issue , 2015, Pages 146-151

  Feng, Yingying ^a   Huang, Xiji ^a   Sun, Huizhen ^a   Liu, Chuanyao ^a   Zhang, Bing ^a   Zhang, Zhihong ^a   Sharma Tengur, Vashish ^a   Chen, Weihong ^a   Wu, Tangchun ^a   Yuan, Jing ^a   Zhang, Xiaomin ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Framingham risk score; Heart rate variability; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DISEASES; EXPOSURE CONTROLS; HEALTH RISKS; HEART; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; PARTICULATE AIR POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK SCORE;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HEALTH RISK; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PANEL STUDY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DRUG EFFECTS; HEART; HEART RATE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOXICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; HUBEI; WUHAN; ZHUHAI;

AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926332767     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.009     Document Type: Article

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