Modifying effect of a common polymorphism in the interleukin-6 promoter on the relationship between long-term exposure to traffic-related particulate matter and heart rate variability

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Adam, Martin ^a,b   Imboden, Medea ^a,b   Boes, Eva ^a,b,c   Schaffner, Emmanuel ^a,b   Künzli, Nino ^a,b   Phuleria, Harish Chandra ^a,b   Kronenberg, Florian ^c   Gaspoz, Jean Michel ^d   Carballo, David ^d   Probst Hensch, Nicole ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEART DISEASE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERLEUKIN 6 GENE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HEART RATE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; TOXICITY;

AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 84928214111     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104978     Document Type: Article

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