Coarse particulate matter (P[M.sub.2.5-10]) affects heart rate variability, blood lipids, and circulating eosinophils in adults with asthma

Authors :: Yeatts, Karin
Svendsen, Erik
Creason, John
Alexis, Neil
Herbst, Margaret
Scott, James
Kupper, Lawrence
Williams, Ronald
Neas, Lucas
Cascio, Wayne
Devlin, Robert B.
Peden, David B.
Source :: Environmental Health Perspectives. May, 2007, Vol. 115 Issue 5, p709, 6 p.
Publication Year :: 2007
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: We investigated whether markers of airway and systemic inflammation, as well as heart rate variability (HRV) in asthmatics, change in response to fluctuations in ambient particulate matter (PM) in [...]

Subjects :: Asthmatics -- Research
Asthmatics -- Physiological aspects
Particles -- Health aspects
Blood lipids -- Research
Blood lipids -- Health aspects
Eosinophils -- Research
Eosinophils -- Health aspects

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