Exposure to air pollution near a steel plant is associated with reduced heart rate variability: a randomised crossover study

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• 作者：Robin H. Shutt ; Lisa Marie Kauri ; Scott Weichenthal…
• 关键词：Air pollution ; Steel production ; Heart rate variability ; Industrial air pollution ; Environment ; Epidemiology
• 刊名：Environmental Health
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：16
• 期：1
• 全文大小：513KB
• 刊物主题：Environmental Health; Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine; Public Health;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1476-069X
• 卷排序：16

文摘

BackgroundEpidemiological studies have shown that as ambient air pollution (AP) increases the risk of cardiovascular mortality also increases. The mechanisms of this effect may be linked to alterations in autonomic nervous system function. We wished to examine the effects of industrial AP on heart rate variability (HRV), a measure of subtle changes in heart rate and rhythm representing autonomic input to the heart.