The utility of low frequency heart rate variability as an index of sympathetic cardiac tone: a review with emphasis on a reanalysis of previous studies.

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• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Psychophysiology

• Publication date

  2013-05-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1111/psyp.12027PMID 23445494
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