The short-term effects of indoor size-fractioned particulate matter and black carbon on cardiac autonomic function in COPD patients.

CONCLUSIONS: Exposures to indoor PM and BC were associated with altered cardiac autonomic function in COPD patients, and the associations for HRV measures of parasympathetic activity (e.g., HF) were more apparent in overweight patients.
PMID: 29306794 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Environment International - January 3, 2018 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Pan L, Wu S, Li H, Xu J, Dong W, Shan J, Yang X, Chen Y, Shima M, Deng F, Guo X Tags: Environ Int Source Type: research