The dose-response decrease in heart rate variability: any association with the metabolites of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in coke oven workers?

Air pollution has been associated with an increased risk of cardiopulmonary mortality and decreased heart rate variability (HRV). However, it is unclear whether coke oven emissions (COEs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are associated with HRV.Our goal in the present study was to investi...

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Main Authors: Xiaohai Li, Yingying Feng, Huaxin Deng, Wangzhen Zhang, Dan Kuang, Qifei Deng, Xiayun Dai, Dafeng Lin, Suli Huang, Lili Xin, Yunfeng He, Kun Huang, Meian He, Huan Guo, Xiaomin Zhang, Tangchun Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3443084?pdf=render