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SUBMITTER: Schwartz J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2718454 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schwartz Joel J Park Sung Kyun SK O'Neill Marie S MS Vokonas Pantel S PS Sparrow David D Weiss Scott S Kelsey Karl K
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 20050714 12
<h4>Rationale</h4>Air pollution by particulate matter (PM) has been associated with cardiovascular deaths, although the mechanism of action is unclear. One proposed pathway is through disturbances of the autonomic control of the heart.<h4>Objectives</h4>We tested the hypothesis that such disturbances are mediated by PM increasing oxidative stress by examining the association between PM and the high-frequency (HF) component of heart rate variability as modified by the presence or absence of the a ...[more]