Stroke Mortality Associated with Living Near Main Roads in England and Wales: A Geographical Study

Stroke

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2776-2780

  Maheswaran, Ravi ^a   Elliott, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cerebrovascular disorders; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; TRAFFIC; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; CAUSALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WALES;

EID: 0344304801     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000101750.77547.11     Document Type: Article

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